by Nick Stubblefield On cold, windy Brooklyn nights in January, warming up can be daunting. New Yorkers, like moths to a light, find comfort in small spaces — closer quarters […]
Brooklyn Chamber Music Society Presents Mozart, Beethoven, and Fauré Read Post »
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,
Grand Harmonie with Cynthia Roberts at St. Ignatius of Antioch Read Post »
by Nick Stubblefield A church in Bedford-Stuyvesant might not be the first place one expects to experience classical music, but that's where you can find the Brooklyn Center for the Arts, home to a
Classical Thursdays Presents Sam Boutris and Levi Vutipadadorn Read Post »
The chamber orchestra is a unique musical animal, combining the fleetness of a string quartet with the power of a full symphony orchestra. Once the standard performance ensemble of the
Australian Chamber Orchestra at Zankel Hall Read Post »
After witnessing a panoply of great orchestras fill Carnegie Hall over the past few weeks, the stage seemed positively barren last night, save for a single Steinway grand piano placed
András Schiff Plays Late Sonatas at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
SAN FRANCISCO, California – Who knew that I'd have to fly 3,000 miles west to hear yet another extension of my Scandinavian musical saga? It's not why I was there, but
Herbert Blomstedt and the San Francisco Symphony Perform Sibelius and Mozart Read Post »
by Steven Pisano In Michael Grandage's production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni now playing at the Metropolitan Opera, the snarling balls of flame that rocket up from the stage as the
“Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera Read Post »
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
Mostly Mozart Concludes with Mozart’s Requiem Read Post »
by Emre Tetik Richard Termine for The New York Times The Mostly Mozart Festival, now in its final few days, has offered NYC a variety
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra with David Zinman Read Post »
