My review of Monday evening’s Barenboim/SKB soloists all-Carter recital is live at Classical Source. I was not officially covering last evening’s performance of…
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Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: III, IV & V
Elizabeth Barnette’s review of the Staatskapelle Berlin’s third and fourth concert…
Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: I, II
Sampson / Blaze / Blumenstock / McGegan / PBO @ Zankel Hall
My review of last Thursday’s concert is now live at Classical Source. John Boyden’s essay on what works in the UK when it comes to managing orchestras is also well worth a read.
Mälkki/Ensemble ACJW @ Zankel
My review of this uneven concert is now live at Classical Source.
“Step Away from the Brahms Slowly…”
Boulez/CSO @ Carnegie Hall
The “wall of sound” is back! Read my review at Classical Source.
Blasi/Mehta/Vienna Phil @ Carnegie Hall
It did not go entirely well… but any chance the see the Vienna Philharmonic (with — shock! horror!! — actual women in their ranks, and it’s about time) is welcome. You can read my review at ClassicalSource.com.
Jet Dee Takes on Audiences Behaving Badly
I think you will enjoy Jet Dee’s thought-provoking essay on concert audience behavior and “GPAADAK” over at the Glenn Gould Foundation web site – especially if you are a concertgoer whose blood pressure rises at the sound of inconsiderate page-shuffling, intramusical conversation, and the unceremonious opening of cellophane-wrapped candies twenty seats away during a pianissimo passage.
Divapallooza
Read my takes on the MET’s new showcase-vehicle-for-La-Renée production of Thaïs and the New York Philharmonic’s semi-staged Elektra featuring Deborah Polaski at ClassicalSource.com.