Category: Classical Music

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jessye Norman Rejected These Recordings. Should They Be Released?

The New York Times – Music:
The new collection “Jessye Norman: The Unreleased Masters” raises artistic and ethical questions.
What to See This Spring in NYC: Broadway Shows, Concerts and More

The New York Times – Music:
“Life of Pi” and Laura Linney on Broadway, Lise Davidsen at the Met Opera, SZA on tour: Here’s what we’re looking forward to this season.
Joshua Bell’s London

The New York Times – Travel:
The celebrated violinist recommends five spots in Britain’s capital, a city he’s visited some 70 times since the 1980s.
Classical Music to See and Hear in Spring 2023

The New York Times – Music:
This spring, Gustavo Dudamel, the Philharmonic’s next music director, conducts the big deal symphony, the Met Opera stages Terence Blanchard’s “Champion”; and in Chicago, Riccardo Muti says farewell.