1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (503+ words) Everything is a work in progress, even in classical music. Scores and parts on music stands have the illusion of being fixed and done, but most premieres are readied for a certain date, but often not yet in their final…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (502+ words) New York Classical Review New York Classical Review Bruckner Eighth builds cumulative power, cohesion with Yannick, Met Orchestra Anton Bruckner, the country boy who toiled long in obscurity but eventually wowed musical Vienna with his massive symphonies, frankly acknowledged his…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (299+ words) The Vienna Royal Orchestra is a chamber-sized string orchestra with a title that evokes the musical and social depths of history, of the accouterments of the aristocracy. But there's a generic quality to the name as well, with aristocracy and…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (258+ words) The history of rock supergroups is the perfect example of the description "mixed." For every Cream or Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, there's been an Asia or a U. K. , bands where a lot of talent and even more effort produce diminishing results....

4+ week, 2+ hour ago  (129+ words) New York Classical Review New York Classical Review Gotta Dance! Feldman, others hit the floor at MATA Festival At MATA it isn't, because the point of the festival under executive director Pauline Kim Harris' tenure is to be as wide…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (546+ words) Puccini's'Turandot'returned to the Metropolitan Opera'Tuesday evening'for a late spring run. The first performance brought impressive role debuts by Anna Pirozzi in the title role and Brian Jagde as Calaf. It was a night made special, not only by their magnificent…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (706+ words) When Anton'n Dvo'k was brought to the U. S. A. in the 1890s specifically to foster an American style of composition, he looked first to African-American songs'but also to music of indigenous people. And in fact, in the early 20th'century there was a brief…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (274+ words) There are plenty of top-flight musicians and ensembles who play new music in New York City, and life and culture being what it is here, too few chances to perform. So it's astonishing in and of itself that the New…...

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago  (408+ words) The Curtis Chamber Orchestra performed a trio of repertoire staples to perfection Sunday afternoon at the 92nd Street Y." The catch was that they did it without a conductor. Such ensembles exist, but it is quite an accomplishment for young musicians. Then…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (395+ words) The Bible warns against putting new wine in old wineskins, but that didn't prevent the early music ensemble The Sebastians from performing brand-new music'a world premiere, even'on their period instruments Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Brick Presbyterian Church on…...