The orchestra’s final program of the season featured the New York premiere of John Luther Adams’s “Become Desert.”
Category: van Zweden, Jaap
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Illuminating Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, a Pinnacle of Russian Sacred Rep
Steven Fox and the Clarion Choir are tending to a less well-known part of the composer’s canon for his 150th birthday: His choral works.
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Review: The New York Philharmonic’s ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Is a Surprising Achievement
The New York Times – Music:Jaap van Zweden is not known for Bach. But the “St. Matthew Passion” made for one of his finest New York Philharmonic concerts this season.
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The New York Philharmonic Announces Its 2023-24 Season
The New York Times – Music:Jaap van Zweden’s final season as the New York Philharmonic’s music director will feature belated debuts and premieres, and a grand farewell.
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Review: Jaap van Zweden Returns to a Changed Philharmonic
The New York Times – Music:Since the orchestra’s music director was last on the podium in November, his successor has been announced. He came back blaring with Messiaen.
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New York Philharmonic Appoints Gustavo Dudamel as Music Director
The New York Times – Music:Dudamel, a charismatic 42-year-old conductor, will take up the Philharmonic’s podium in 2026, in a major coup for the orchestra.
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The Philharmonic Tests Its New Home With the Classics
The New York Times – Music:David Geffen Hall reopened with a month of concerts that sketched a possible future for the New York Philharmonic. Now it’s back to business.
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How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat
The New York Times – Music:After a major renovation, the acoustics throughout David Geffen Hall are strikingly consistent — but complicated.