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Flanagan performed solo violin works he commissioned from a plethora of contemporary composers, all inspired by artworks.
Read More »Concert Review: Violinist Dan Flanagan Unfurls ‘The Bow and the Brush’
Tag Archives: Carnegie Hall
Concert Review: American Symphony Orchestra – Arnold Schoenberg, ‘Gurre-Lieder’ (22 March 2024, NYC)
The Bard Festival Chorale and soloists joined Leon Botstein and the ASO for Schoenberg's massively orchestrated, rarely heard cantata.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): The Knights – Music from and Inspired by the Weimar Republic, and a Du Yun World Premiere for Pipa and Orchestra
The Knights called on Maurice Ravel, Kurt Weill, Du Yun, Bob Dylan and more for the orchestra's contribution to Carnegie Hall's Weimar commemoration series.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Lucas Debargue Deploys Bach, Beethoven and Chopin to Champion 20th-Century Composer Nicolas Medtner
Debargue played Bach, Beethoven and Chopin to set up a fiery performance of Russian composer Nicolas Medtner's youthful piano sonata.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pianist Lucas Debargue on His Upcoming Carnegie Hall Concert
The French-born virtuoso will play music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, and two lesser-known composers at Carnegie Hall on February 2.
Read More »Concert Review: Australian Haydn Ensemble – Haydn, Mozart, J.C. Bach on Period Instruments
The AHE brought brio, bright colors, and a well-balanced period-instrument sound to Carnegie Hall on its U.S. tour.
Read More »Concert Review: Jeremy Denk, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Open OSL Bach Festival with Bach Keyboard Concertos
A concert that gave me a renewed appreciation for Bach's ability to rework music brilliantly for very different contexts
Read More »Kids’ Energy, Grown-Up Skills from the National Children’s Chorus at Carnegie Hall
The NCC's impressively accomplished young members presented a spirited multicultural concert in New York.
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: Ukrainian Pianist Illia Ovcharenko – Music of Liszt, Scarlatti, Silvestrov, Revutsky, Chopin (NYC, 26 February 2023)
The 2023 Honens International Piano Competition winner dazzled a crowd at Carnegie Hall with the Liszt Sonata in B minor, Silvestrov and more]
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