The New York Times – Music:
Yefim Bronfman discusses Galina Ustvolskaya’s Fourth Sonata, which he will play at Carnegie Hall on Monday.
Category: Carnegie Hall
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Franz Mohr, Piano Tuner to the Stars, Is Dead at 94
The New York Times – Music:
“I play more in Carnegie Hall than anybody else,” he said of his career adjusting instruments for Horowitz, Gould and others, “but I have no audience.”
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Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing
The New York Times – Music:
At Carnegie Hall, the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein made a case for Duke Ellington works still rarely heard from classical ensembles.
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When the Orchestra Is the Star of the Opera
The New York Times – Music:
Singers tended to fade into the background in a concert presentation of “Wozzeck” and some productions at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Review: A Recital Brings Together Two Schubert Masters
The New York Times – Music:
The pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the tenor Mark Padmore subtly threaded a program of Beethoven songs and Schubert’s “Schwanengesang.”
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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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Review: At Carnegie, Going Beyond the Rapid-Fire Vivaldi
The New York Times – Music:
Jupiter, a young ensemble from France, made its Carnegie Hall debut with a variety of moods and the gifted mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre.
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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.