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Concert Review: American Symphony Orchestra – Arnold Schoenberg, ‘Gurre-Lieder’ (22 March 2024, NYC)

March 25, 2024 Avant-garde, Choral, Classical, Concert Music, Concert Reviews, Editor Pick: Music, Editor Picks, Music, Reviews music 0

Krysty Swann with the American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

The Bard Festival Chorale and soloists joined Leon Botstein and the ASO for Schoenberg's massively orchestrated, rarely heard cantata.

Concert Opera Review: Richard Strauss, ‘Daphne’ – American Symphony Orchestra and Soloists, 23 March 2023

March 29, 2023 Classical, Editor Pick: Culture and Society, Music, Opera 0

Daphne by Richard Strauss with Kyle van Schoonhoven, Jana McIntyre, Leon Botstein, American Symphony Orchestra, 23 March 2023. Photo by Matthew Dine

Strauss's rarely heard 'Daphne' gets a superb concert performance led by Leon Botstein with a top-notch cast of soloists and musicians.