In “Jacob’s Ladder,” which premiered at the New York Philharmonic on Thursday, Reich’s signature chugging rhythms returned.
Category: New York Philharmonic
-
Jaap van Zweden’s Final Season
The final season of Jaap van Zweden’s brief tenure as music director in New York began with a new suite for the star violinist Joshua Bell.
-
With $40 Million Gift, New York Philharmonic Jump-Starts Dudamel Era
The donation from Oscar L. Tang and his wife, Agnes Hsu‐Tang, is the largest endowment gift in the orchestra’s history.
-
André Watts, Pioneering Piano Virtuoso, Dies at 77
One of the first Black superstars in classical music, he awed audiences with his charisma and his technical powers.
-
Review: New York Philharmonic Journeys From Ocean to Desert
The orchestra’s final program of the season featured the New York premiere of John Luther Adams’s “Become Desert.”
-
The New York Philharmonic’s Season of Mixed Boons
The orchestra’s renovated hall and Gustavo Dudamel, its next leader, have kept ticket sales robust, but cool acoustics curb the music’s impact.
-
Review: Julia Wolfe’s ‘unEarth’ Is Crowded Out by Multimedia
Not for the first time this season at the New York Philharmonic, a premiere was muddled by obvious, sometimes intrusive video art.
-
The Composer Julia Wolfe Focuses on Climate in ‘unEarth’
Julia Wolfe’s latest in a series of increasingly political, oratorio-like works, “unEarth,” premieres this week at the New York Philharmonic.
-
Departures Force Los Angeles Philharmonic to Reinvent Itself, Again
Its beloved music director, Gustavo Dudamel, is leaving for New York, and its innovative chief executive, Chad Smith, is going to Boston. Now the esteemed orchestra is pondering what’s next.
-
Gustavo Dudamel in New York: Selfies, Hugs and Mahler
Our photographer followed the maestro when he came to town to conduct Mahler’s Ninth — his first time leading the New York Philharmonic since being named its next music director.