The NCC's impressively accomplished young members presented a spirited multicultural concert in New York.
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Concert Review: Clarion Choir – Rachmaninoff’s ‘All-Night Vigil’ at Carnegie Hall (5 May 2023)
The Clarion Choir delivered a revelatory performance of Rachmaninoff's choral masterpiece inspired by traditional Russian Orthodox chant.
Read More »Concert Preview: Aspect Chamber Music Concludes Season with Music for String Trio by Beethoven and Mozart – with Stella Chen, Brannon Cho, Matthew Lipman
The Aspect Chamber Music Series and a string trio explore something Mozart, Beethoven, and Paganini had in common: domineering fathers.
Read More »Review: MasterVoices’ Concert Staging of ‘Iolanthe’ by Gilbert and Sullivan
A spirited concert staging at Carnegie Hall featured Christine Ebersole, David Garrison, and Shereen Ahmed with the MasterVoices chorus and orchestra.
Read More »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.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Tiburtina Ensemble Artistic Director Barbora Kabátková on Hildegard von Bingen, U.S. Debut
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.
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