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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The Vienna Philharmonic Tends the Classics With a Perfect Partner
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Translating the Music of Trees Into the Sounds of Opera
The New York Times – Music: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 New York Times – Music:“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
The New York Times – 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
The New York Times – Music: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 New York Times – Music: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
The New York Times – Music: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 New York Times – Music: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
The New York Times – Music: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 New York Times – Music:“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
The New York Times – Music: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 New York Times – Music:The conductor Nathalie Stutzmann surrounded a showcase for cellist Alisa Weilerstein with idiosyncratic readings of repertory staples.