Symphony opens season with Tchaikovsky
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The winter of 1877-78 was a miserable time for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the legendary Russian composer of "The Nutcracker," "Swan Lake" and "Sleeping Beauty." Latently gay, he had nevertheless agreed to marry ...
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The New York City Ballet has opened its winter repertory season with Balanchineâs âJewels,â which serves as an ideal introduction to what dance theater has to offer.
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It was evident, early on in this opening piece, that Nejla Y. Yatkin is after more than choreography.
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As opening statements go, this was something along the lines of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and JFK's inaugural address. In the first true &quot;big&quot; game of the season -- the series opener against the potential playoff foes from Anaheim on the very eve of September -- the Red Sox batted around and put a 4-0 lead on the board ...
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The unexplained late start didnÂt tarnish the Moscow Classical BalletÂs presentation of ÂThe NutcrackerÂ on Sunday afternoon at the Lehman Center.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra's 105th season will open as planned this week with guest soloist Renee Fleming rather than the sounds of silence once feared from a labor dispute.
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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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This year unusual clarity emerged for the future leadership of the nationâs leading orchestras.
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The Piano Man will make his Philadelphia Orchestra debut next month.
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Lorin Maazel had a comparatively easy job last night in the first of this week's New York Philharmonic subscription programs. On the first half of the program, he led Mozart's Symphony No. 29 and the Horn Concerto No. 1 by Richard Strauss. He then ceded the podium to Xian Zhang, an assistant conductor at the Philharmonic since 2002, when she won first prize in the Maazel/Vilar Conductors' Competition. Ms. Zhang's task was more rigorous: she led the world premiere of
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The Danish National Symphony Orchestra are bringing works by composer Rued Langgaard to the fore.
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Lorin Maazel delivered two outstanding performances of works by Tchaikovsky at Avery Fisher Hall on Wednesday.
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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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A long-lost adagio by Beethoven will be performed for the first time next month.
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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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A full house inside. Hundreds of people outside. A national TV audience. What more could an orchestra want? That's what the New York Philharmonic got on opening night, all that, plus two pianists.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra's 105th season will open as planned this week with celebrated soprano Renee Fleming singing works by Wagner, Strauss and Dvorak rather than the silence once feared from a labor dispute.