New York Classical Review

Schumann’s chamber music well served at 92NY

Bell has one of the finest violin sounds in classical music, but what sets him apart is the mysteries of his inner being and personality, and how those erupt through the instrument. With him and ...
New York Classical Review

Delirium Musicum brings fire and skill to eclectic NY debut

A record-setting July Fourth heat wave mercifully broke Tuesday night, but the string playing was hot at the Naumburg ...
New York Classical Review

July 3

B. Franklin (attr.): Quartet in F major for Three Violins and Cello Haydn: String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, “The Joke” Mozart: String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589, “Prussian” ...
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Nézet-Séguin, Met Orchestra still finding their way with Mahler

Joyce DiDonato was the soloist in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, performed by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Met Orchestra Thursday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Jennifer Taylor Everything is a work in ...
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Bruckner Eighth builds cumulative power, cohesion with Yannick, Met Orchestra

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Met Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8 Thursday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera Anton Bruckner, the country boy who toiled long in ...
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100 years of American piano music in one hour at Merkin Hall

Jenny Lin performed American piano music Friday night at Merkin Hall. Photo: AK Blythe Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center has a compact, but packed and exciting two-day festival this weekend.
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Curtis Chamber Orchestra brings youthful verve and finesse to cornerstones

The Curtis Chamber Orchessra performed Sunday at 92Y. Photo: Fadi Kheir The Curtis Chamber Orchestra performed a trio of repertoire staples to perfection Sunday afternoon at the 92nd Street Y. The ...
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Met wraps the season successfully with Frank’s impassioned “Frida y Diego”

Isabel Leonard and Carlos Álvarez star in Gabriela Lena Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera The final production of the Metropolitan Opera ...
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A luminous Feola triumphs in Met’s “Traviata”

Rosa Feola as Violetta and Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera May at the Metropolitan Opera brought a fresh cast to Verdi’s La ...
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Victor Herbert’s light concert music lives again in high-energy retrospective

Victor Herbert’s music was performed Friday night with Steven Byess conducting the New Victor Herbert Orchestra at Église St-Jean-Baptiste Catholic Church. The more one knows about Victor Herbert, the ...
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Viet Cuong premiere, Tsujii’s Beethoven highlight Orpheus program at Carnegie

Nobuyuki Tsujii performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Saturday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Harald Hoffmann/DG The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returned to ...