Topic: “Music”

Never a dull moment

On a concert by Joshua Bell, violin, and Daniil Trifonov, piano, in Carnegie Hall.

On a program of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, led by Maestro Riccardo Muti.

On a concert at Carnegie Hall.

On recent performances at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera & Lincoln Center.

On Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.

On a recital by Benjamin Appl, baritone, and James Baillieu, piano.

On Simon McBurney’s production of Mozart’s opera at the Met.

On Die Walküre at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples.

Jay Nordlinger, The New Criterion’s music critic, talks music—but, more important, plays music.

On a 1965 recording of Rachmaninoff’s All Night Vigil and a recent performance by the Clarion Choir.