Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall
by Steven Pisano In the Playbill for his solo concert at Carnegie Hall, the portrait of Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov taken by celebrity photographer Dario Acosta shows a groomed young […]
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Birds and Music with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – In the summer of 1949, Aaron Copland invited Olivier Messiaen, who at that time was little-known in the U.S., to be a composer-in-residence at Tanglewood, which was just then
New York Philharmonic Dazzles with Schoenberg and Beethoven
by Nick Stubblefield Last weekend, I was privileged to hear Alan Gilbert lead the fine musicians of the New York Philharmonic in a pair of Viennese choral works that, while radically different, shared
Britten’s War Requiem at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity … All a poet can do today is warn." – Wilfred Owen At first, I thought
Big Ears Festival 2017 Recap
"I think the unexpected nature (of Knoxville) gives the festival a certain relief that it wouldn't have if it was where everybody expects it to be." – Ashley Capps, Founder/Artistic Director,
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Occasionally, I use this space to reflect on the passing of a notable musician or composer, someone whose contributions deserve to be remembered long after they're gone. Today, I want to
New York Philharmonic and Yo-Yo Ma Perform Salonen’s Cello Concerto
At the end of a momentous week at the NY Philharmonic, it felt only right to stop by David Geffen Hall on Saturday night for the orchestra's final concert before leaving
Greenwich Village Orchestra Performs Beethoven’s 9th at Washington Irving High School
When Beethoven premiered his Symphony No. 9 in Vienna's Karntnertör Theater in the spring of 1824, it wasn't the clean, polished experience one might expect of the most revered symphony ever
A New Day at the NY Phil
Photo: Chad Batka, The New York Times Not that long ago, things looked pretty grim at the New York Philharmonic. Last January, music director Alan Gilbert – whose up-and-down eight year tenure comes