Gotham Chamber Opera Revives Martinu…Again!
by Robert Leeper Despite frequent comparisons to the now-defunct City Opera, Gotham Chamber Opera has managed to avoid all of the baggage that comes with filling City Opera’s void. The 13
Africa Now! Festival Highlights the Music of South Africa at the Apollo Theater
The vibrant music presented at Saturday’s “Africa Now” concert at Harlem’s Apollo Theater was strong evidence that music in contemporary South Africa has gone far beyond the more traditional isicathamiya and mbube
White Light Festival: The Berlin Philharmonic Bring Their Searing St. Matthew Passion to the Park Avenue Armory
In the world of music, there are small masterpieces: Allegri’s Miserere, Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Claire de lune. Then, there are bigger ones: Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Mahler’s 2nd symphony. And then, there
FREE TICKETS: Emerson String Quartet and Yefim Bronfman at Carnegie Hall
The renowned Emerson String Quartet shares a bill with pianist Yefim Bronfman for Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major this Tuesday at Carnegie Hall. On its own, the quartet will perform Beethoven's
Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic Bring Russian Fire to Carnegie Hall
by Michael Cirigliano II It may not seem like Russian orchestral music would align with the Berlin Philharmonic’s glossy, pristine sound, but luckily it seems that no one has ever
The Berlin Philharmonic Closes Their Carnegie Hall Run with Haas and Schumann
Continuing where they left off on Sunday night, a downsized Berlin Philharmonic and chief conductor Simon Rattle returned to Carnegie Hall on Monday night to complete their cycle of Schumann’s four symphonies. They began with
The Berlin Philharmonic Bring Schumann To Carnegie Hall
"It's like Christmas all year round with these pieces." – Sir Simon Rattle At the center of the Berlin Philharmonic's residency in New York this week are two concerts at Carnegie
Opening Night at Carnegie Hall with the Berlin Philharmonic
Whenever I start to feel a bit jaded about music, there are nights like last night, when I was privileged to witness the Berlin Philharmonic - arguably the greatest orchestra in
Nonesuch at BAM: Laurie Anderson’s “Landfall” with Kronos Quartet
Over the past 40 years, the Kronos Quartet has been responsible for more new music than any other institution, commissioning more than 800 works from just about every major composer on