Franz Welser-Möst to Leave the Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director since 2002, is beginning to wind down his career.
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Review: Daniel Barenboim Misses His American Swan Song
The ailing conductor was to have led the Staatskapelle Berlin in Brahms’s symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Yannick Nézet-Séguin jumped in.
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Review: With Premieres, an Orchestra Keeps Facing Forward
The American Composers Orchestra, which occupies an essential place in the New York scene, presented an evening of several new works at Zankel Hall.
The Kronos Quartet Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
The group, which celebrated its birthday on Friday at Carnegie Hall, changed music with its open-eared and open-minded approach.