

Zachary Woolfe
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Review: Dimming the Lights for Sensuously Flowing Bach
The harpsichordist Jean Rondeau played the “Goldberg” Variations at Weill Recital Hall with patience and a vibrant yet subtle touch.

How the Philharmonic’s New Home Sounds, From Any Seat
After a major renovation, the acoustics throughout David Geffen Hall are strikingly consistent — but complicated.

After Decades, the Philharmonic’s Hall Sounds and Feels More Intimate
Judgments on the hall’s acoustics at this early stage are provisional, but a mighty improvement is already obvious.

In ‘Tár,’ a Female Maestro Falls Into the Same Old Traps
The film’s thesis is blunt: Put a woman in power, and she’ll be as sexually inappropriate and badly behaved as any man.