Their Dvořák and Samuel Barber resonated, but their revival of George Crumb's Vietnam War protest 'Black Angels' was the star of the show.
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Concert Review (NYC): Peoples’ Symphony Concerts Presents the Dover Quartet with Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky
The eminent Dover Quartet delivered musical thrills, infusing the auditorium with youthful energy.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: All-Haydn Season Opener with Pinchas Zukerman, Michael Stephen Brown
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.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Death of Classical, NOVUS Bring ‘America’ to Crypt at St. John the Divine
The musicians of NOVUS interposed works by contemporary American composers between movements of Dvořák's "American" String Quartet.
Read More »Concert Review: Violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft with Pianist JuYoung Park at Carnegie Hall (June 12, 2024)
A bravura concert showed that the music on Virgil Boutellis-Taft's album 'Incantation' retains its power when stripped down to violin and piano.
Read More »Concert Review: Clarion Choir and Orchestra – Music of Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410–1497) at the Met Cloisters
Ockeghem marks the pinnacle of the Renaissance style, and the great Clarion Choir brought his music to life on the pinnacle of Manhattan.
Read More »Concert Review: Oratorio Society of New York – Handel’s ‘Samson’
OSNY performed feats of strength at Carnegie Hall with its first 'Samson' in decades, with soloists including Nola Richardson and Lawrence Jones.
Read More »Concert Review: Music by Mozart for Two Pianists, with Michael Stephen Brown and Adam Golka
Concerts like this tribute to classical music's fun side are just what's needed to perpetuate love and support for the tradition.
Read More »Concert Review: Azrieli Music Prizes at 10: A New York Celebration
Prize-winning and commissioned compositions from the Azrieli Foundation received New York premieres at Lincoln Center.
Read More »Concert Review: Violinist Dan Flanagan Unfurls ‘The Bow and the Brush’
Flanagan performed solo violin works he commissioned from a plethora of contemporary composers, all inspired by artworks.
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