Although this past weekend in NYC was dominated by a visiting Austrian orchestra, the NY Phil made some musical fireworks of their own Saturday night under Sakari Oramo, whom I last saw conducting Strauss […]
by Nick Stubblefield Bernstein. Mahler. Stravinsky. These men were all highly-respected composer/conductors found in music history textbooks. Flip to the end of that textbook, and one is likely to find
by Robert Leeper Ruby Washington for the New York Times Programs pairing Beethoven with the work of a contemporary composer have become increasingly common of late, and with the prevalence
"We have taken a deliberately non-dogmatic approach to selecting the art to be displayed…The only criterion was that the concerts comprise music that we believe in and are excited to
by James Rosenfield Photo credit: Ian Douglas, The New York Times There was both a sense of gravitas and relief when the venerable Bernard Haitink arrived on the Avery Fisher Hall
by James Rosenfield Photo credit: Hiroyuki Ito, The New York Times When flu-stricken Gustavo Dudamel had to cancel his set of concerts with the New York Philharmonic last week, the Pittsburgh Symphony's
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Ian Douglas, The New York Times After a blockbuster opening to their season—a live performance of the score to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and
Among all the performing arts, none are better able to impart a sense of occasion than symphony orchestras. Each New Year's Day, the entire world marks the new year by
by Michael Cirigliano II Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times Music Director Louis Langrée and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra closed their much-heralded season in triumphant fashion Saturday night,
