Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott Wrap Up a Partnership With Thanks
After 40 years of musical collaborations, this cellist and pianist have recorded their final album together, “Merci.”
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Review: The Philharmonic Gives a Master Class in Programming
The composer John Adams led the New York Philharmonic in a program of contemporary works that didn’t make a big deal of contemporary music.
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Review: Lise Davidsen Meets Puccini in ‘Tosca’ at the Met
The powerhouse soprano, already a company stalwart at 37, still seems to be figuring out a character whose moods change on a dime.
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The Curious Case of Nora Holt, a Pioneer of Black Classical Music and Jazz
Nora Holt was a pioneer of Chicago’s Black classical music scene. A friend of Josephine Baker, she later became a blues singer in Parisian nightclubs.