Raphaël Pichon led the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a take on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that, with an added prelude, unfurled as a barrage of ideas.
Category: Pichon, Raphael
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
A novel approach to Mozart’s Requiem, orchestral works by Tania León and music conducted by Joe Hisaishi are among the highlights.
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The Orchestra of St. Luke’s Turns 50, Flexibility Intact
The ensemble, a New York original, keeps its players busy with work off the beaten path, whether Schubert rarities or “The Lord of the Rings.”
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A Lost Masterpiece of Opera Returns, Kind of
The Aix Festival is presenting a new version of “Samson,” a never-performed work by Rameau and Voltaire, two of France’s most important cultural figures.
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Schubert’s Operas Were Failures. Is Their Music Worth Saving?
In Paris, “L’Autre Voyage” assembles the composer’s arias and art songs to create a jukebox show, perhaps the greatest opera Schubert never wrote.
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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
The New York Times – Music:A Schumann cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, works by Tyondai Braxton and Schubert sonatas by the pianist Paul Lewis are among the highlights.
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A Rising Conductor Who’s ‘Not Just a Pair of Hands’
The New York Times – Music:Raphaël Pichon has quickly become one of the most interesting conductors not just in his specialty of period instruments, but in classical music.