The New York Times – Music:
The star mezzo-soprano’s album and concert program “Eden” addresses climate change by planting seeds both real and metaphorical.
Author: David Allen
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Radu Lupu, Pianist Who Awed Listeners and Colleagues, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Music:
Preferring the stage (and an office chair) to the recording studio, he enthralled audiences with ruminative performances that evoked the otherworldly.
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Harrison Birtwistle, Fiercely Modernist Composer, Dies at 87
The New York Times – Music:
His labyrinthine, theatrical works placed him in the first rank of 20th-century English composers, though his music was often tagged as “difficult.”
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She Wrote for the Piano’s Extremes: Bronfman on Ustvolskaya
The New York Times – Music:
Yefim Bronfman discusses Galina Ustvolskaya’s Fourth Sonata, which he will play at Carnegie Hall on Monday.
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Joseph Kalichstein, Pianist of Subtlety and Refinement, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Music:
An acclaimed exponent of Schumann, Brahms and Mendelssohn, he was best known for his work as a member of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio.
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What Happened to One of Classical Music’s Most Popular Pieces?
The New York Times – Music:
César Franck’s only symphony was a pillar of the repertory for decades. But it’s now a rarity.
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Unsuk Chin on the Violin Concerto She Swore She’d Never Write
The New York Times – Music:
Unsuk Chin was inspired by Leonidas Kavakos to return to the genre, and the result comes to Carnegie Hall on Monday.
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‘Wozzeck,’ the 20th Century’s Most Influential Opera, Turns 100
The New York Times – Music:
Alban Berg’s brutal classic, a tale of a lowly soldier’s degradation and death, continues to inspire artists.
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A Conductor Brings Nearly a Century of Experience to Beethoven
The New York Times – Music:
Herbert Blomstedt, 94 and leading the New York Philharmonic this week, discusses the famous opening of the Fifth Symphony.