‘Winterreise’ Review: Hiding a Roiling Grief Posted by By Oussama Zahr March 17, 2024Posted inCarnegie Hall, Classical Music, Music, Padmore, Mark, Schubert, Franz, Uchida, Mitsuko, Winterreise (Musical Work) On Friday, the pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the tenor Mark Padmore illuminated the bleakness of Schubert’s genre-defining song cycle at Zankel Hall.
Best Classical Music Performances of 2023 Posted by By Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone December 5, 2023Posted inClassical Music, Davidsen, Lise, Emerson String Quartet, Gay Guerrilla (Musical Work), Gerhaher, Christian, Goosby, Randall, Henri VIII (Opera), Indra's Net (Musical Work), Lara, Felipe (1979- ), LElisir dAmore (Musical Work), Lim, Yunchan, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Monk, Meredith, Mostly Mozart Festival, Music, Netrebko, Anna, New York Philharmonic, Opera, Saariaho, Kaija, Sandbox Percussion (Music Group), Seven Pillars (Musical Work), Stranger Love (Opera), Tao of Glass (Play), Treemonisha (Opera), Two Thousand Twenty Three, Uchida, Mitsuko, Wang, Yuja (1987- ), War and Peace (Opera), Wozzeck (Opera) Feats, farewells and musical treasures in a year of post-pandemic financial pressures.
Carnegie Hall Announces Its 2023-24 Season Posted by By The New York Times February 28, 2023Posted inAdes, Thomas, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Carnegie Hall, Cho, Seong-Jin, Classical Music, Crowe, Lucy, Davidsen, Lise, Europe, James Reese, Hammerklavier Sonata (Musical Work), Leon, Tania, Moran, Jason (1975- ), Music, Uchida, Mitsuko, Welser-Most, Franz We choose highlights from events featuring Mitsuko Uchida and Franz Welser-Möst as Perspectives artists, and the composer Tania León in residence.
Review: Mitsuko Uchida Revisits Beethoven’s Final Sonatas Posted by By Joshua Barone February 26, 2023Posted inBach, Johann Sebastian, Carnegie Hall, Classical Music, Music, Uchida, Mitsuko One of our wisest pianists appeared at Carnegie Hall with some of the wisest music written for her instrument.
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now Posted by By RSS Feed April 28, 2022Posted inBarrett, Natasha (Composer), Classical Music, La Tempete (Music Group), Music, Schultz, Golda, Sinfonia of London, Uchida, Mitsuko, Wilson, John (Conductor) Mitsuko Uchida’s Beethoven, a soprano’s program of works by female composers and a lush repertory of sleep-related music are among recent highlights.
Carnegie Hall Announces Its 2022-23 Season Posted by By Javier C. Hernandez April 26, 2022Posted inCarnegie Hall, Classical Music, Gillinson, Clive, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Music, Nezet-Seguin, Yannick, Philadelphia Orchestra, Third Coast Percussion (Music Group), Uchida, Mitsuko The presenter is planning a return to full-scale programming for its 2022-23 season. Our critics and writers chose 15 highlights.
Review: A Recital Brings Together Two Schubert Masters Posted by By Joshua Barone March 14, 2022Posted inBeethoven, Ludwig van, Carnegie Hall, Classical Music, Music, Padmore, Mark, Schubert, Franz, Uchida, Mitsuko The pianist Mitsuko Uchida and the tenor Mark Padmore subtly threaded a program of Beethoven songs and Schubert’s “Schwanengesang.”