Music Review | 'The Philadelphia Orchestra': Conductor Under Fire, Orchestra Under Pressure
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Christoph Eschenbach and the Philadelphia Orchestra played with flashes of brilliance, some rough patches and palpable tension on Tuesday at Carnegie Hall.
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As the N.F.C. title approaches in a week, a peculiar mix of confidence and fear is certain to keep Philadelphia on edge.
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Verdiâs talent for penetrating melodies goes a long way toward explaining why so flimsy a drama manages such potency in a strong performance.
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Magicians are generally ill advised to reveal their tricks, but when the conductor Kent Tritle let the audience in on a few crafty secrets during a concert by the Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola, the tactic paid off.
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A symphony by a 14-year-old composer gets this writer all riled up. But what can one do but applaud?
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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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The three leading orchestras of this major music capital are now going through changes in artistic leadership.
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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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Far from soothing the savage breast, music is driving some of the world&#39;s largest companies into a frenzy of competition. At stake is participation in, if not command of, a multibillion-dollar
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A Russian revolution has shaken up Wagner's "Die Walkuere" at the Metropolitan Opera this season, with a new conductor and leading singers infusing fresh life into the company's 18-year-old production.
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So, people ask Harvard's fullback/tenor, is there any connection between football and opera? "Incredibly so," nods Noah Van Niel, who handles defensive linemen and Donizetti with equal aplomb. "It's rehearsing a set of skills and then going out and performing. There's pressure and there's an audience and there's nerves: Can I do this?"
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Alan Gilbert is part of a one-two punch of dynamic new conductors facing New York audiences this fall.
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Perhaps nervousness accounted for some of the shakiness of the Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theater of Perm's performance on Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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The hottest of hot tickets at the Fringe Festival is an Edinburgh band called the Really Terrible Orchestra, which lives up to its name, or rather down to it.
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A leading conductor criticises airline security measures preventing musicians from taking instruments on to planes.
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Every opera season demands a scene-chewing scandal to feed fansâ appetites for outsize drama, and this summer that niche has been filled in Europe by the new production here of Wagnerâs âMeistersinger.â
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The Ambitious Orchestra is one of several musical projects trying to draw younger, hipper music lovers to concert halls.