In a program of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, a guest conductor coaxes a sumptuous sincerity from the orchestra’s musicians.
Category: Geffen, David, Hall (Manhattan, NY)
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Lincoln Center’s Leader, Henry Timms, to Depart After Five Years
After guiding the arts organization through the pandemic and shepherding through the renovation of David Geffen Hall, he is leaving to lead the Brunswick Group.
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Goodbye Mostly Mozart, Hello Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center
The renamed ensemble will present a mix of new and old in its first season under the conductor Jonathon Heyward.
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Review: Philharmonic Debuts Back Flashiness With Substance
In an evening built to entertain, there was also depth in Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s conducting and the cellist Edgar Moreau’s playing.
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Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes: A Diary of an Influential Life
Begun to improve his own technique, piano exercises that Glass wrote over decades are the subject this month of a new book, a concert and dances.
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Review: Ligeti’s Fascinating Polyrhythm at the New York Phil
The conductor Susanna Mälkki led a program centered on Ligeti’s Piano Concerto, propelled by the soloist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
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Review: New York Philharmonic Welcomes Back an Old Friend
David Robertson returned to the podium to lead the orchestra’s first in a series of performances to celebrate the centennial of Gyorgy Ligeti’s birth.
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Review: New York Philharmonic Plays New Steve Reich Piece
In “Jacob’s Ladder,” which premiered at the New York Philharmonic on Thursday, Reich’s signature chugging rhythms returned.
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Jaap van Zweden’s Final Season
The final season of Jaap van Zweden’s brief tenure as music director in New York began with a new suite for the star violinist Joshua Bell.
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Conducting Lessons: How Bradley Cooper Became Leonard Bernstein
For “Maestro,” Cooper learned from top conductors like Gustavo Dudamel and Yannick Nézet-Séguin — and by stealth in concert halls or from the orchestra pit.
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‘A Metta Prayer’ Brings a High-Energy Beat to the Met’s Great Hall
Bucking the rules, and the canon, Jacolby Satterwhite remakes the Met’s Great Hall with his multimedia “A Metta Prayer.” It draws on Titian and video games.