Category: Classical Music

April the First proved a propitious date for the New York Classical Players’ much anticipated program featuring a new collaboration…

Two years ago, I was editing a 2020 interview with the composer David Lang about the new multi-day festival that…

Celebrating Mendelssohn’s Birthday with Piano Recordings   February 3rd is Felix Mendelssohn’s birthday. To celebrate, here are two reviews of…

Parker Quartet; Kim Kashkashian, viola György Kurtág: Six moments musicaux; Officium breve Antonin Dvořák: String Quintet op. 97 ECM Records…

Big name soloists, a symphonic work plucked from obscurity and a premiere. It’s an oft-used – and winning – programming…

LOUD Weekend, TIME:SPANS, Tanglewood and Bard are all back on stage this summer with in-person audiences Fans starved for live…

In these days of swiping right and hooking up, having a long-term commitment is something special. So when the Orchestra…

Caroline Shaw – Orange Attaca Quartet Nonesuch/New Amsterdam CD Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 2013, Caroline Shaw has been…

Seattle Symphony’s [untitled] series was inaugurated in 2012 by its newly arrived Music Director, Ludovic Morlot. Three Fridays a year,…

After a decade-long studio hiatus, Beth Gibbons steps from behind the curtains with a project that feels as organic as…