New York Classical Review2h
Opera Lafayette to premiere oldest known opera by black American composer
Givonna Joseph, a mezzo-soprano who founded Opera Créole with her daughter in 2011, first encountered Morgiane in 2014 when a ...
New York Classical Review3h
Janowski’s belated Philharmonic debut solid but unexceptional
Mendelssohn’s piano concertos are not performed as often as those of his late classical and early romantic era peers, and one reason may be that they are not on the same level as the works of ...
New York Classical Review2d
Oundjian, Hadelich, and Yale Philharmonia dazzle in Britten, Berlioz, and Tower redux
While many musicians were fleeing Europe ahead of the cataclysm of World War II, Benjamin Britten was returning to the United Kingdom from a sojourn in the United States. Just before doing so in 1939, ...
New York Classical Review6d
Wang sports pianist and leader hats in Jazz Age Philharmonic program
The audience at the New York Philharmonic Thursday night saw a different side of Yuja Wang—literally.
New York Classical Review5d
Pianist Liu goes small and big in Russian works at Carnegie
Liu’s imaginative program design was matched by poetic playing in Tchaikovsky’s miniatures and fiery and sonorous renderings ...
New York Classical Review10d
SongStudio young artists bring light to darkness
The first half of the program, “Light in Darkness,” featured newly commissioned works by writer a.k. payne, paired with art ...
New York Classical Review7d
Speedo Green makes masterful solo debut at Carnegie Hall
Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green and pianist Adam Nielsen performed a recital Wednesday night at Zankel Hall. Photo: Richard Termine Ryan Speedo Green is such a consistent and enjoyable presence on the ...
New York Classical Review13d
No words but plenty of drama in Stutzmann’s “Ring” with the Philharmonic
Nathalie Stutzmann conducted the New York Philharmonic Thursday night in The Ring Without Words at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Chris Lee If you like looking at pictures of Alfred Roller’s sets for ...