Music Review | 'New York Philharmonic': A Conductorâs Concerto, Influenced and Inspired
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Composers who are also active conductors gain direct experience with a wide array of music, especially if they are as adventurous as Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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Thereâsa magic in the Broadway musical that seems to transcend cultural styles and circumstances and generations. Whether breaking new ground or reviving a classic
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Gustavo Dudamel is a product of el sistema, Venezuelaâs radical approach to music education. What will he bring with him when he leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic?
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The New York Philharmonicâs substantive program on Friday included a lot of bustling film music by John Williams and others that few of the musicians may ever have played before.
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Erik Greenberg AnjouÂs charming documentary about the cantor Jacob Mendelson is more concerned with singing praises than arguing over orthodoxies.
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With new music directors at both companies, New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera are poised to prod each other into making New York a hotbed of operatic innovation.
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New York City Balletâs âRussian Treasuresâ program of works choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Tchaikovsky embodies important City Ballet history.
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The New York Philharmonic has chosen a native son &#151; 40-year-old Alan Gilbert &#151; to become its music director. He will lead an ensemble that includes his mother.
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Lorin Maazel, the music director of the New York Philharmonic, is to open a run of Wagnerâs âWalkÃ¼reâ at the Metropolitan Opera, 45 seasons after making his debut at the house.
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At the opening of New YorkÂs ÂSteve Reich @ 70Â festivities, the lively energy and a propulsive beat of Mr. ReichÂs music helped propel dancers and inspire choreographers.
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The centenary of the death of Edvard Grieg, a fiercely proud Norwegian composer, is being acknowledged with several programs in New York.
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The maestro begins an American tour with the Israel Philharmonic.
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The New York Philharmonic will have a Swiss feel for the next three years.
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The New York Philharmonicâs concert in North Korea, to take place on Feb. 26 at the East Pyongyang Grand Theater, will be broadcast live internationally. The broadcast will be produced by the New York Philharmonic and EuroArts Music International, in co-production with the Munhwa Broadcasting Company of South Korea and ARTE France, and in cooperation with the European Broadcasting Union. Details of the broadcast in the United States are to be announced later. The concert, to be conducted by Lorin Maazel, above, the orchestraâs music director, will include the national anthems of North Korea and the United States; the Prelude to Act III of Wagnerâs âLohengrinâ; Dvorakâs Symphony No. 9, âFrom the New Worldâ; and Gershwinâs âAmerican in Paris.â The concert, and the Philharmonicâs visit, have aroused controversy, with some contending that they offer legitimacy to North Koreaâs government.
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Lorin Maazel led the Philharmonic in its first performance in 20 years of Luciano Berioâs âSinfonia,â which he wrote for the orchestra in the tumultuous late 1960s.
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The Manhattan School of Music is trying to get out of the shadow âof that other school.â
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New music is always plentiful in New York, if you look beyond the New York Philharmonic and the two big opera companies. But even that qualification may change soon.