Carnegie Hall Announces 2014-15 Season
What can I say? I'm a sucker for a free lunch. Continuing the parade of performing arts institutions eager to trot out their offerings to members of the scribbling class,
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FREE TICKETS: Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
NOTE: This contest has ended. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra come to Carnegie Hall this Monday at 8:00 p.m. for an electrifying program of Smetana and Dvořák,
RIP, Claudio Abbado (1933–2014)
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: University Musical Society, © Creative Commons News of Claudio Abbado's death earlier today at the age of 80 has been spreading quickly across all
Feast of Music’s Year in Review: 2013
Photo credits: Pete Matthews, Ryan Jensen (SubCulture) It was definitely a banner year for both New York City's music scene and Feast of Music. Here at FoM, we provided over
Levine Leads MET Orchestra in Harrowing All-Mahler Program
by Michael Cirigliano II Over the past several years, it has become a complete game of chance as to whether James Levine, the beloved conductor at the Metropolitan Opera for
Clarinetist Martin Fröst Delivers Electric Mozart with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Brian Harkin, The New York Times It's not every day that a woodwind soloist can steal the spotlight while perched in front of an orchestra,
FREE TICKETS: Ensemble ACJW at Zankel Hall
NOTE: This contest has ended. St. Louis Symphony's David Robertson conducts Ensemble ACJW in an evening of 20th-century works at Zankel Hall this Saturday, December 14, at 7:30 p.m. The program includes
Anthony Dean Griffey and St. Louis Symphony in Britten’s Peter Grimes at Carnegie Hall
"Peter Grimes . . . is, for me, the essence of what an opera can be, and, in some senses, the high-water mark against which I have evaluated every other piece
San Francisco Symphony Adds New Dimensions to Mahler at Carnegie Hall
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Eric Thayer, NPR I will be the first to admit that I was incredibly critical of the strike the San Francisco Symphony musicians commenced