The composer, who turns 90 this fall, has expanded the spectrum of sounds that instruments produce and that audiences can perceive.
Category: Classical Music
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Did a Single Generation Ruin Modern Music for Everyone Else?
The avant-garde works that emerged from World War II continue to influence how audiences view contemporary music decades later.
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Where an Artist Draws a Crowd, and the Crowd Draws the Artist
For a music critic, drawing the violinist Jennifer Koh was a balancing act between perception and creation, not unlike criticism itself.
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50 Pianos Rumble in ‘11,000 Strings’ at Park Avenue Armory
Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous scale and complexity. The effect is awe-inspiring.
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Trinity Church’s New Organ in Manhattan Is Shaking the Pews
Trinity’s organ was destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks. At last, its replacement has been unveiled. Hear the sound of its 8,041 pipes.
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A Reborn Concert Hall Provides a Lift for St. Louis at an Uneasy Time
Powell Hall, home of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, has been renovated and expanded, reopening in what the city’s mayor called a “very, very rough year.”
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Review: Pene Pati, a Tenor With an Affinity for French Poetry and Rugby
Pene Pati made his New York recital debut at the Armory with a program that showcased his voluptuous voice and revealed a chamber musician’s sensitivity to nuance.
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Moab Music Festival: A Glorious Place for Performance
The Moab Music Festival offers some of the purest, most intense listening experiences around. But what happens when its signature river dries up?
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Celebrating a Buffalo-Born Titan of the French Baroque Revival
William Christie, who is being feted for his 80th birthday, planted seeds in fallow grounds that brought forth baroque splendors — both figuratively and literally.
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‘Galas’ Review: A Vocally Gifted Paper Doll
Charles Ludlam’s camp tribute to Maria Callas, featuring the countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, is glamorous to a fault at Little Island.