New York Classical Review

Liu serves up technical thrills and uncertain interpretations at Carnegie recital

Lack of certainty is an underrated quality in classical music. The norm is to value repertoire performances that aren’t just technically precise but have a sense that the ideas about the music are ...
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Ensemble Connect roves widely in American program

Ensemble Connect, the professional-development program for young musicians founded by Carnegie Hall and The Juilliard School, ...
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Barclay’s “Death of Gesualdo” fails to illuminate composer’s dichotomous life

Bill Barclay, previous artistic director of Music Before 1800, is also the founder and artistic director of Concert Theater Works; concentrating on the latter is one of the reasons he left the post at ...
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Experiential Orchestra, attentive audience become partners in rewarding Pärt evening

The Experiential Orchestra, led by James Blachly, performed music of Arvo Pärt Thursday night at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Photo: Sandy Choi Carnegie Hall hosted two concerts last October ...
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Top Ten Performances of 2025

1. Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Gustavo Dudamel/New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel isn’t officially the music director of the New York Philharmonic until next season, but performances this year show ...
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‘The Hours’ returns to the Met with new layers of meaning

Kathleen Kim as Barbara and Renée Fleming as Clarissa Vaughan in Kevin Puts’s The Hours at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Evan Zimmerman / Met Opera Some things are even better the second time around.
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A starry cast delivers an imposing, powerful “Don Carlos” in belated Met premiere

Matthew Polenzani in the title role and Etienne Dupuis as Rodrigue in Verdi’s Don Carlos at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera returned from its February hiatus ...
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Creative staging makes for fresh Mozart, Bartók with Fischer and Philharmonic

Iván Fischer conducted the New York Philharmonic Friday night at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Brandon Patoc This season at the New York Philharmonic the figure at the podium has changed regularly, but ...
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Tesori’s “Grounded” scores a dark triumph in Met season opener

Emily D’Angelo stars as Jess in Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera “If Odysseus came home every day,” sings fighter pilot Jess to her husband in Jeanine ...
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A Stravinsky night to remember with Kopatchinskaja‘s Philharmonic debut

Patricia Kopatchinskaja performed Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto with Jakub Hrůša and the New York Philharmonic Wednesday night at David Geffen Hall. Photo: Marco Borggreve The main attraction at New ...
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Vocal performances keep Met’s “Lohengrin” aloft in downbeat new staging

Tamara Wilson as Elsa and Piotr Beczała in the title role of Wagner’s Lohengrin. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera The Metropolitan Opera ended its mid-winter hiatus with the much-anticipated premiere of ...