Yuja Wang and Gustavo Dudamel Glow Brightly at Avery Fisher Hall
by James Rosenfield Photo credit: Ian Douglas, The New York Times The superstars were out in force—at least a force of two—as Yuja Wang and Gustavo Dudamel shone from the Avery […]
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Sasha Cooke with Greenwich Village Orchestra
by Angela Sutton The Greenwich Village Orchestra brought a bit of fantasy to relieve a gloomy February Sunday this past weekend at Washington Irving Auditorium, in the form of Ravel's song
Preview: Sasha Cooke with Greenwich Village Orchestra
Photo credit: Dario Acosta Guest conductor Pierre Vallet returns to the Greenwich Village Orchestra on Sunday, February 9, at 3:00 p.m. at Washington Irving Auditorium for an diverse program of
Greenwich Village Orchestra Features Itamar Zorman in Brahms Concerto
by Angela Sutton The East Village got an earful of 2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Itamar Zorman on Sunday, appearaning with the Greenwich Village Orchestra under the leadership of
Hobson Closes Brahms Cycle at DiMenna Center
by Angela Sutton Thursday night saw the end of a long road for pianist Ian Hobson—two months' worth of Brahms programs at the DiMenna Center, encompassing all the solo works
Preview: Itamar Zorman Joins Greenwich Village Orchestra
2013 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner Itamar Zorman performs the Brahms Violin Concerto this weekend with the plucky Greenwich Village Orchestra, as conducted by Barbara Jahr. This concert will truly be a
Preview: Hobson Closes Brahms Series at DiMenna Center
Pianist Ian Hobson, with whom we last visited in September, will be wrapping up his monumental Brahms retrospective at the DiMenna Center this Thursday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. Saving the most dangerous
Hobson versus Brahms at DiMenna Center
by Angela Sutton Pianist Ian Hobson continued his two-month examination of Brahms at the DiMenna Center on Thursday night before an audience of avid connoisseurs, with the pianist showing a
Mostly Mozart: Festival Orchestra Presents All-Brahms Program
In its new incarnation as purveyor of new works and innovative programming, the Mostly Mozart Festival has also given wide exposure to a plethora of young conductors. Over the past couple of years this has included international stars Lionel Bringuier and Pablo Heras-Casado. Last night at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra had another young conductor at the helm, David Afkham, for a program of music by Johannes Brahms.
Brahms’s Concerto for violin and cello in A minor was given a soulful, stirring, and searching reading. While both violinist Vadim Repin and cellist Péter Szabó brought a fittingly romantic take to Brahms’s final orchestral work, they also felt a touch reserved. The first movement opens with an arresting dialogue between the two soloists and the duo truly move as one super soloist, so close is their synchronicity and tone. However, there was a tendency for this to render some median of emotion. In addition to being first time collaborators they had the sheet music in front of them, which, while not inherently a problem, can diffuse some of the spontaneity of a performance.