Despite the prevalence of Finnish conductors at the top of today’s orchestra heap – think Esa-Pekka Salonen, Klaus Mäkelä, or Susanna Malkki, among many others – it’s easy to forget […]
Budapest Festival Orchestra and Iván Fischer Triumph with Mahler 3 at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
LENOX, MA – One of the things that’s most satisfying about Tanglewood, the longtime summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is that as the day-to-day world convulses with the
A Weekend of New (and not so new) Music at Tanglewood Read Post »
"In my end is my beginning." – T.S. Eliot Things are looking up at the NY Phil. It would be nearly impossible for Gustavo Dudamel to live up to the
A Season-Ending Crescendo with Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic Read Post »
by Pete Matthews In a world that's sometimes feels it's on the brink of chaos, it's comforting to know that some things can still be relied upon as winter turns
The Vienna Philharmonic Plays Music of the Early 20th Century at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
Franz Welser-Möst with the Vienna Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, 2/26/17 “Now, whenever I stand in front of them, it’s just making music with good friends.”
Preview: Franz Welser-Möst with the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
by Nick Stubblefield and FoM Every year around this time, the Vienna Philharmonic makes their annual trip to NYC for a weekend of concerts. And, every year, I have the
Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
“Music remains for me not sacred, but a spiritual moment. I’m devoted to God because I think I was gifted by him, and I know that my mission during
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Daniele Gatti at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
LENOX, MA – I've been going to Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's longtime home in the Berkshires, almost every summer now for the past two-and-a-half decades. Those that have been to
A Berkshires Bounty: Opening Weekend at Tanglewood Read Post »
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
Simon Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
