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Happy 200th Birthday! A Vindicating Berlioz Tribute
A few Sundays ago outside Avery Fisher Hall, a man who was hoping to get into a performance of Berlioz’s
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Schumann’s Wretched Life-And His Bossy New Champion
Many musicians of my acquaintance have a special soft spot for Robert Schumann. The music of this arch-Romantic composer of
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Enduring and Preeminent: A Multigenerational Piano Trio
In the world of chamber music, the piano trio is an ungainly threesome-an incestuously linked couple (violin and cello) in
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Beethoven Boot Camp For Budding Concert Pianists
From June to September, the Italian seaside village of Positano is a mecca for seekers of dolce far niente .
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‘Great’ Beethoven in the Raw: Hearing the Hero’s Inner Being
Musicologist Richard Taruskin, in his brilliant new Oxford History of Western Music, observes that the notion of “great music” is
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Lena Jane Gutman
July 15, 2005 11:19 p.m. 8 pounds St. Luke’s–Roosevelt Hospital No baby Beethoven for this kid! Ellen Umansky, 36, a
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Performed Live or Recorded, The High Notes of the Year
Looking back on this past year of Manhattan Music columns, I’m struck by a misnomer: The term “classical music” can’t
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Gentle, Self-Effacing Pianist Displays His Unruffled Focus
Who is today’s best American pianist? In a poll of New York music lovers and critics, the names most frequently
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Gentle, Self-Effacing Pianist Displays His Unruffled Focus
Who is today’s best American pianist? In a poll of New York music lovers and critics, the names most frequently
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Olivia Rain McCarthy
April 22, 2006 6:01 p.m. 6 pounds, 9 ounces Holy Name Hospital Color them overjoyed: Painters Genevieve and Joseph McCarthy
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Butterfly, Barber, and The Cave; Plus, Here’s the Messiah to Beat!
Strictly speaking, the classical-music season began Sept. 13 at the New York City Opera with Handel’s delicious Semele, with a
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Mark Morris Debuts at the Met; Don’t Miss Voigt, Bronfman, Pirates
I can’t imagine a better way to shake the late-winter blahs than hearing the great German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff at
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New, Old and Festive: Music at The Met
As much as we write about pop culture here, we also appreciate the classics, so it’s always refreshing when a
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To Do Sunday: Spring Symphony
The New York Youth Symphony’s Spring Concert features handsome, dark-haired bass-baritone Evan Hughes, a Roy and Shirley Durst Debut Artist,
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Has the Best Classical Music Gone Underground?
New York, New York, that “hell-of-a-town,” that cerebral cortex of America, is constantly changing, and in the realm of classical music, the change has been dramatic.
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The Top 6 Moments of the 2015-16 NY Classical Music Season
During the 2015-16 season, the greatest musicians in the world came, saw and usually conquered the greatest city in the world.
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The Father of Electronic Music, Silver Apples Talks Myth and Mystery
"I always leave a little bit of a question mark wherever I go."
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However Imperfectly, the Met’s ‘Fidelio’ Sings a Hymn to Freedom
Half-baked revival boasts Beethoven's thundering score.
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