The New York Times – Music:
The church’s urgent and eloquent version of Handel’s classic oratorio remains an inspired communal rite.
Category: New York Philharmonic
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Review: Philharmonic Debuts Back Flashiness With Substance
The New York Times – Music:
In an evening built to entertain, there was also depth in Andrés Orozco-Estrada’s conducting and the cellist Edgar Moreau’s playing.
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Best Classical Music Performances of 2023
The New York Times – Music:
Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.
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Review: A New York Philharmonic Staple Outshines a Flashy Premiere
The New York Times – Music:
Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances was the highlight of a program that also included the New York debut of Bryce Dessner’s evocative Concerto for Two Pianos.
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An Oratorio About Shanghai’s Jews Opens in China at a Difficult Time
The New York Times – Music:
“Émigré,” about Jews who fled Nazi Germany, debuts amid U.S.-China tensions and cultural rifts over the Israel-Hamas war. It comes to New York in February.
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Review: The Philharmonic Feasts on ‘The Planets’
The New York Times – Music:
Under Dima Slobodeniouk, the orchestra played works by Holst and Ligeti and, for the first time, Julia Perry’s somber “Stabat Mater.”
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Julia Perry’s ‘Stabat Mater’ Arrives at the Philharmonic
The New York Times – Music:
Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater” was well received in the 1950s. But it took until this week for the New York Philharmonic to program it.
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At the Philharmonic, Violin Concertos as Alike as They Are Different
The New York Times – Music:
In back-to-back programs, the orchestra presented concertos by Beethoven and Benjamin Britten.
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Orin O’Brien Broke Barriers in Music but Doesn’t Want Center Stage
The New York Times – Music:
A new documentary tells the story of Orin O’Brien, a double bassist who became the only woman in the New York Philharmonic when she joined in 1966 and helped open doors for others.