Topic: “Music”
January 2019
Dying all his life
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January 2019
New York chronicle
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On performances by the Latvian Radio Choir, Marc-André Hamelin, the New York Philharmonic, and the Metropolitan Opera.
December 2018
New York chronicle
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On Nico Muhly’s Marnie and Puccini’s Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, and, at Carnegie Hall, the Czech Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov, the violinist Maxim Vengerov in recital, and the Mariinsky Orchestra under Valery Gergiev.
November 2018
New York chronicle
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On opening nights at the New York Philharmonic; Samson and Delilah, La bohème, and Aida at the Metropolitan Opera; Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony; Jonas Kaufmann and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; and Daniel Hyde at Saint Thomas Church’s new organ.
October 2018
The phantom of the obvious
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On England’s most over-the-top composer and his new memoir, Unmasked.
October 2018
Salzburg chronicle
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On performances at the Salzburg Festival, including the conductor Teodor Currentzis with musicAeterna, the violinist Albena Danailova with other members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the pianist Yuja Wang and the percussionist Martin Grubinger, the pianist Grigory Sokolov, the operas L’incoronazione di Poppea and Salome, and the conductor Herbert Blomstedt with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
September 2018
New York chronicle
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On the pianist Yekwon Sunwoo at the International Keyboard Institute & Festival and the guitarist Jiji, the harpsichordist-conductor Richard Egarr, the pianist-conductor Christian Zacharias, the soprano Rosa Feola, and the pianist Paul Lewis at the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center.
June 2018
New York chronicle
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On a harpsichord recital by Mahan Esfahani, concerts conducted by Manfred Honeck and Mariss Jansons, a piano recital by Daniil Trifonov, a Bach concert led by Bernard Labadie, and a duo recital by Sol Gabetta (cello) and Bertrand Chamayou (piano).
May 2018
New York chronicle
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On a new violin concerto, stagings at the Metropolitan Opera, and concerts by the Bavarian State Opera, led by Kirill Petrenko.