A spirited concert staging at Carnegie Hall featured Christine Ebersole, David Garrison, and Shereen Ahmed with the MasterVoices chorus and orchestra.
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Concert Review (NYC): Brentano String Quartet, Poet Ruth Padel – Haydn ‘Seven Last Words’
The Aspect Chamber Music series in NYC presented the 'Seven Last Words' sonatas of Haydn with poetry by Ruth Padel.
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The all-female early music vocal group from Prague makes its U.S. debut in May with a program of music by Hildegard von Bingen.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Let Your Heart Be Broken: Life and Music from a Classical Composer’ by Tina Davidson
Tina Davidson's memoir recounts an interesting life while giving us a close look into the composer's mind, heart, and music as she creates her work.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Taiwan Philharmonic, Paul Huang – Music of Bruch, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Ke-Chia Chen (April 21, 2023)
Conductor Jun Märkl led the Taiwan Philharmonic and violinist Paul Huang in a festive concert at Lincoln Center.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Lady M’ – a New Adaptation of Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’ from Heartbeat Opera
Rife with stagecraft, physicality, and superb singing and acting, 'Lady M' is a mesmerizing stripped-down re-imagining of Verdi's opera 'Macbeth.'
Read More »Theater Preview: Molière in the Park Presents English-Language World Premiere of the Original ‘Tartuffe’ Next Month
Molière's original version of 'Tartuffe' hasn't been seen since it was suppressed in 1664. Molière in the Park presents this newly reconstructed play next month in Prospect Park.
Read More »Concert Review: Musicians from the Taiwan Philharmonic and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – ‘Boundless Enchantment’ (April 14, 2023)
Musicians from the Taiwan Philharmonic and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center played music by Beethoven, Mozart, André Caplet, and a young Shostakovich.
Read More »Concert Review: Cellist Leonard Elschenbroich and pianist Alexei Grynyuk – ‘Against the Tide: Rachmaninoff & Franck’ (13 April 2023)
Two composers who were famously not ahead of their time get their due in a chamber concert by two outstanding young musicians.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ Reimagined by Heartbeat Opera
Gleaming voices, exceptional acting, and Puccini's endlessly wonderful music make this a worthy production regardless of the trimming-down and the conceptual trappings.
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