Zachary Woolfe – Page 8

For Riccardo Muti, a Grand Sort-of-Finale in Chicago

The New York Times – Music:

The eminent maestro is ending an acclaimed 13-year run at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. But with his successor not yet named, he’s sticking around.

The New York Times – Music:

As the 2022-23 season ends, the country’s largest performing arts institution looks ahead to a future of fewer titles.

The New York Times – Music:

The orchestra’s renovated hall and Gustavo Dudamel, its next leader, have kept ticket sales robust, but cool acoustics curb the music’s impact.

The New York Times – Music:

The orchestra could have rented Carnegie Hall for the celebration, but “our supporters are here, our audiences are here,” its chief executive said.

The New York Times – Music:

This poetic composer, who died on Friday, wrote indelible, simmering operas, concertos, orchestral explosions, choral meditations and solos.

The New York Times – Music:

“It seemed like a switch flipped right before Thanksgiving,” the leader of the Chicago Symphony said.

The New York Times – Music:

Performing Mahler’s Ninth Symphony, the superstar maestro conducted the orchestra for the first time since being named its next music director.

The New York Times – Music:

“Stranger Love,” a singular and hypnotic work by Dylan Mattingly and Thomas Bartscherer, opens (and closes) on Saturday in Los Angeles.

The New York Times – Music:

The 19-year-old musician made his New York Philharmonic debut with a powerful yet poetic performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto.