Music Review | New York Philharmonic : A Star Turn for an Ugly Duckling
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On Thursday at Avery Fisher Hall, James Conlon led the New York Philharmonic in its first performance of Zemlinskyâs one-act opera âA Florentine Tragedy,â based on a short play by Oscar Wilde.
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As the powers that be in the orchestra world search for new models for the future, the Orchestra of St. Luke's presents an interesting alternative right under everyone's nose.
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The orchestraâs performances at Carnegie Hall this week reminded listeners that character and distinctiveness in classical music have not been obliterated entirely.
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Opera Orchestra of New York is facing financial problems that could force it to curtail next seasonâs performances.
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In a recent column, critic Edward Reichel complained about what he feels is the Utah Symphony's too frequent scheduling of standard classics -- the offending composition here being Tchaikovsky's celebrated Violin Concerto. Mr.
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With his considerable experience, personality and public profile, Daniel Barenboim seems a logical candidate for music director of the New York Philharmonic in 2009.
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Verdiâs opera has two faces. It is spectacle on a royal scale, but also a love story wedding jealousy, honor and revenge to regime change.
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The American Symphony Orchestra will make a case for the often overlooked, formidable composer Carl Czerny in Sunday's program at Avery Fisher Hall.
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The philharmonicâs program, âPainters of Sound,â brought together John Coriglianoâs âPied Piper Fantasyâ and Berliozâs âSymphonie Fantastique.â
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The âOpera-for-Allâ concert at the New York State Theater on Thursday read like a tasting menu for City Operaâs fall season, with bits of Mozart, Massenet and Mascagni.
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The quality of Martin  Short's musical revue is well encapsulated by what has become  his trademark pose. Hands on hips, staring off into the  distance, he embraces the adulation of his audience while at  the same time slyly mocking his need for it.
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Let the news ring out from Lincoln Center. Send word by satellite radio. Trumpet it in Times Square. An exciting new era was born at the staid old Metropolitan Opera on Monday night.
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David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra gave an engaging, informative and unabashedly quirky demonstration of how to demystify a daunting contemporary work for the public.
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Tonight Simon Trpceski, a 28-year-old Macedonian, begins a series of performances of Tchaikovskyâs First Piano Concerto with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic to help begin that orchestraâs âThe Tchaikovsky Experience.â
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The Seattle Symphony Orchestraâs recent history serves as a cautionary tale on how, in an artistic hothouse, a tangle of emotion and politics can veer out of control and take on a life of its own.
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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 Philharmonic is paying a great deal of attention this season to the Italian avant-garde composer Luciano Berio, who died in 2003