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
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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
Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall
By Robert Leeper, Nick Stubblefield and FoM Friday, 2/24/17 Among the world's leading orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic is unique in that it does not have a permanent music director, and the foremost
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Hot on the heels of the Vienna Phil's blistering concerts last week, the Boston Symphony Orchestra takes the stage at Carnegie Hall this week for three concerts under the direction
White Light Festival: Jeremy Denk at Alice Tully Hall
In an age when the concert recital feels a bit like a quaint relic of the past, how can musicians grab our attention? Some opt for marathon performances, such as Paul
Preview: Simon Rattle’s Final New York Concert with the Berlin Philharmonic
For music lovers, one of the supreme privileges of living in New York has been the near-annual visits of Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic over the past decade, during which they've wowed us
Grand Harmonie with Cynthia Roberts at St. Ignatius of Antioch
by Hayley Douglas There's something remarkable about period instruments: close your eyes, and you're suddenly transported to another century. As such, period ensemble Grand Harmonie have made it their mission to perform on strings,
Simon Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
If you were to guess which American orchestra is the only one Sir Simon Rattle – by wide acclaim the world's preeminent conductor – conducts with any regularity, you would