Christian Thielemann led the storied orchestra in three concerts at Carnegie Hall, including a revelatory performance of Strauss’s “An Alpine Symphony.”
Category: Classical Music
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Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera
The tech-forward composer Tod Machover has made a chamber opera of Richard Powers’s novel “The Overstory,” featuring Joyce DiDonato.
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Review: The Philharmonic Departs From Business as Usual
“The March to Liberation” offers a rarity that should be more regular: a world premiere, a symphony and an oratorio, all by Black composers.
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My Father’s Death, an Envelope of Cash, a Legacy in Music
When the pianist Adam Tendler received a strange and unexpected inheritance, he turned it into a project about remembrance and reconciliation.
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Simeon ten Holt: The Minimalist Composer Who Keeps Getting Left Out
As centenary events celebrate Simeon ten Holt’s work, music historians have questioned his omission from histories of Minimalism, and its focus on American greats.
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Yo-Yo Ma Makes His Encore a Call for Peace, With a Nod to Casals
The celebrated cellist capped a concert with the New York Philharmonic with a work that Pablo Casals often played to protest war and oppression.
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Carnegie Hall Announces Its 2023-24 Season
We choose highlights from events featuring Mitsuko Uchida and Franz Welser-Möst as Perspectives artists, and the composer Tania León in residence.
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Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight
The tenor Piotr Beczala sings with uncanny serenity and command in the title role of Wagner’s opera, directed by François Girard with little subtlety.
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Review: Mitsuko Uchida Revisits Beethoven’s Final Sonatas
One of our wisest pianists appeared at Carnegie Hall with some of the wisest music written for her instrument.
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A Dave Brubeck Cantata Boasts Star Soloists: His Sons
“The Gates of Justice,” a large-scale 1969 choral work about relations between Black and Jewish Americans, is being performed in Los Angeles.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
A pairing of Clara and Robert Schumann’s piano concertos, Kurt Weill’s symphonies and Steve Reich’s string quartets are among the highlights.
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Review: At the Philharmonic, a Guest Challenges Common Wisdom
The conductor Nathalie Stutzmann surrounded a showcase for cellist Alisa Weilerstein with idiosyncratic readings of repertory staples.