Mostly Mozart Concludes with Mozart’s Requiem
by Angela Sutton Lincoln Center photo With a partially apt, partially grim choice of programming, Saturday's final concert of this year's Mostly Mozart Festival began with a melding of works by […]
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New York Philharmonic Plays Strauss, Smetana and Tchiakovsky in Central Park
What a great night it was to be in Central Park last night: cool, clear, with the tiger lillies and hibuscuses (hibisci?) out in full bloom. And, just as the
New York Phil Heads Outdoors This Week With Parks Concerts
UPDATE: The current weather forecast calls for rain right around concert time tonight. No word yet from the Phil on any possible postponement. Well, it's another sweltering day in New York,
New Music at the New York Philharmonic
"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
Vienna: City of Dreams—Vienna Philharmonic Wraps Up Latest Stay at Carnegie Hall
by Angela Sutton Photo credit: Chris Lee In a blockbuster program at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, the Vienna Philharmonic closed its latest visit to New York with maestro Zubin Mehta
Coffee Conversation: Pianist Benjamin Hochman
by Angela Sutton On Tuesday evening I sat down with the excellent pianist (and one of the nicest people you're likely ever to meet) Benjamin Hochman to discuss his upcoming
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
Philadelphia Orchestra with Radu Lupu at Carnegie Hall
It's somewhat unfair that the Philadelphia Orchestra—by any measure one of the country's great ensembles—is situated as close as it is to New York. On the one hand, it makes