Review: The New York Philharmonic’s ‘St. Matthew Passion’ Is a Surprising Achievement Posted by By Joshua Barone March 24, 2023Posted inAppleby, Paul, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Classical Music, Mumford, Tamara, Music, Musica Sacra, New York Philharmonic, Sly, Philippe, St Matthew Passion (Musical Work), Tines, Davone, van Zweden, Jaap Jaap van Zweden is not known for Bach. But the “St. Matthew Passion” made for one of his finest New York Philharmonic concerts this season.
Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional Posted by By Zachary Woolfe September 11, 2022Posted inAdams, John (1947- ), Antony and Cleopatra (2022) (Opera), Appleby, Paul, Edris, Amina, Finley, Gerald, Kim, Eun Sun, Music, Opera, Pulitzer, Elkhanah, San Francisco Opera This composer’s latest stage work, at San Francisco Opera, is his most straightforward, but also his least inspired.