The New York Times – Music:
Raphaël Pichon has quickly become one of the most interesting conductors not just in his specialty of period instruments, but in classical music.
Author: David Allen
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A Composer’s ‘Travel Guide’ to His Family’s Unspoken Past
The New York Times – Music:
Michael Gordon’s new work reflects on his father’s flight from Poland in 1939 and the migratory life — and buried traumas — that followed.
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Has the Time Come for a Long-Ignored Korngold Symphony?
The New York Times – Music:
The Symphony in F sharp has rarely been championed by major orchestras. But now, Kirill Petrenko’s Berlin Philharmonic is taking it on tour.
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Bruno Walter, a Conductor Who Found Truth Through Beauty
The New York Times – Music:
A survey of Walter’s recorded output is fascinating for the ways in which it reveals him reinventing the traditions he was seen to represent.
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Geoff Nuttall, First Among Equals in Acclaimed Quartet, Dies at 56
The New York Times – Music:
With the St. Lawrence Quartet, he played with such enthusiasm that often he swept himself from his seat. At the Spoleto Festival USA, he was a shaping force.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams Was Complicated, but Not Conservative
The New York Times – Music:
The English composer deserves a fresh assessment as the world does (and doesn’t) observe the 150th anniversary of his birth.
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Nathalie Stutzmann Ushers In a New Era at the Atlanta Symphony
The New York Times – Music:
Stutzmann, the only female music director among the largest 25 American orchestras, takes the podium with a strong sense of self.
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Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Manuscript Settles in Cleveland
The New York Times – Music:
The Cleveland Orchestra has been given the autograph score, which was sold at auction to a previously anonymous buyer for $5.6 million.
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Jorja Fleezanis, Violinist and Pioneering Concertmaster, Dies at 70
The New York Times – Music:
“Being a concertmaster is terribly demanding,” she once said, “but women can handle the job as well as men can. I know that.”