Classical

Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, and – Johann Bernhard Bach? Akamus opened its concert by showing us that J.S. Bach and his sons weren't the only musical Bach-family members.

The orchestra led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin made its Lincoln Center debut with music by Florence Price, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Dvořák.

Leon Botstein led The Orchestra Now and guests in a well-rounded appreciation of the music of the great American iconoclast.

Their Dvořák and Samuel Barber resonated, but their revival of George Crumb's Vietnam War protest 'Black Angels' was the star of the show.

The eminent Dover Quartet delivered musical thrills, infusing the auditorium with youthful energy.

The Junction Trio's 92NY debut was a smartly conceived program of Shostakovich, Brahms, and a funny shocker of a world premiere by John Zorn.

The Clarion Choir finished its celebration of Sergei Rachmaninoff's 150th birth anniversary with a collaborative concert that included the dark 'Spring Cantata' and the extravagant Piano Concerto No. 3.

With intensive engagement, astounding energy and charismatic pianism, the Russian pianist offered a wide selection of Chopin masterpieces, then set up Liszt's legendary B Minor Sonata with two short pieces from late in Liszt's life.

Continuing the Florence Price revival, a new album from soprano Karen Slack and pianist Michelle Cann features 19 unpublished songs by Price, 16 of them world premiere recordings.

The Chamber Music Society launched its new season with a sold-out all-Haydn concert that revealed the composer's seminal importance to the development of classical music.