There are many reasons to go to Lincoln Center, but for me, dance isn't typically one of them. Mind you, I don't have anything against dance – it's perhaps the […]
After consecutive cycles of all of Beethoven's string quartets, followed by all of his symphonies, where does one go? For me, it was back to Carnegie Hall last Thursday to
Beethoven @ 250: Orchestra of St. Luke’s and La Chapelle de Québec at Carnegie Hall Read Post »
by Robert Leeper Peter Oundjian and The Orchestra of St. Luke's at the Venetian Theater A standard orchestra program pairs a short piece by a contemporary composer with a large
Caramoor Summer Music Festival Kicks Off 70th Anniversary Season Read Post »
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times In 1998, I was working at the downtown arts center HERE when Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique premiered in a small black box theater in the basement. Billed as
White Light Festival: Basil Twist’s “The Rite of Spring” Read Post »
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Ruby Washington, The New York Times For their first program of the new season at Carnegie Hall, the Orchestra of St. Luke's presented dynamic
Heras-Casado Leads Orchestra of St. Luke’s in Britten and Shostakovich Read Post »
by Michael Cirigliano II Jon Manasse has brought career versatility to a whole new level in today’s classical-music landscape. In addition to his roles as principal in the Orchestra of
by Michael Cirigliano II While the Los Angeles Philharmonic was introducing the Lincoln Center crowd to John Adams’ new biblical account, The Gospel According to the Other Mary, many New
Iván Fischer Leads the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Musica Sacra in “St. Matthew Passion” Read Post »
by Michael Cirigliano II Compared to the wealth of chamber music for string ensembles and piano, wind instruments have been woefully neglected in receiving any substantial repertoire from the canon
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble Presents Wind Music of Ligeti and Mozart Read Post »
by Michael Cirigliano II To close out their season at Carnegie Hall, the Orchestra of St. Luke's presented an all-Mozart program Thursday night, under the Budapest Festival Orchestra’s music director
Iván Fischer and Orchestra of St. Luke’s Present All-Mozart Program Read Post »
