Orchestras

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Remaking a Rug Concert: Boulez at 100

February 20, 2025 Christian Carey

Sound On: A Tribute to Boulez The New York Philharmonic, Conducted by David Robertson Jane McIntyre, Soprano David Geffen Hall, January 25, 2025 By Christian Carey – Sequenza 21 NEW…

Cello Composers Concert review Concerts Contemporary Classical New York Orchestras

Sphinx Virtuosi and New York Philharmonic Play Black American Composers

October 21, 2024 Gail Wein

Black American composers dominated the programming at two of New York City’s major institutions last week — a 180° turn from the typical fare of Dead White Men at most…

CD Review File Under? Orchestras Twentieth Century Composer

Falletta Conducts Foss on Naxos (CD review)

July 10, 2024 Christian Carey

Lukas Foss – Symphony 1 Amy Porter, Flute; Nikki Chooi, Violin Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor Naxos American Classics Lukas Foss (1922-2009) was an omnivorous composer who, over the…

Concert review File Under? Opera Orchestras Twentieth Century Composer

The Met Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall (Concert Review)

June 20, 2024 Christian Carey

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director Carnegie Hall June 14, 2024 By Christian Carey for Sequenza 21 NEW YORK – In their last concert appearance this season at…

BMOP CDs Contemporary Classical File Under? Orchestras

BMOP Records Galbraith (CD Review)

May 30, 2024 Christian Carey

Nancy Galbraith Everything Flows BMOP Sound Published by Sequenza 21 Nancy Galbraith has taught for a number of years at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. During that time, she has…

Concert review Conductors File Under? Orchestras Twentieth Century Composer

Concert Review: NY Philharmonic performs Ligeti

November 12, 2023 Christian Carey

New York Philharmonic, Susanna Mälkki, conductor Jenõ Lisztes, Cimbalom David Geffen Hall November 4, 2023 NEW YORK – Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1851) is such a challenging barnstormer…

Chamber Music Concert review Contemporary Classical Los Angeles Orchestras

Mariachitlán in Ventura

May 23, 2023 Paul Muller

On May 14, 2023 the Ventura College Performing Arts Center was the venue for The Sounds of Springtime, a concert featuring the Ventura College Chamber and Symphony Orchestras. The program…

CD Review Contemporary Classical File Under? Orchestral Orchestras

Wolfgang Rihm – Jagden und Formen (CD Review)

April 26, 2022 Christian Carey

Wolfgang Rihm Jagden und Formen Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Franck Ollu, conductor BR-Klassik CD Wolfgang Rihm’s hour long orchestra work Jagden und Formen (2008) has its roots in an earlier work,…

CD Review Contemporary Classical File Under? Orchestras Twentieth Century Composer

Michael Gielen Edition Vol. 10 (CD Review)

January 25, 2022 Christian Carey

Michael Gielen Edition Volume 10: Music After 1945 SWR Sinfonieorchester, Michael Gielen conductor SWR 6xCD boxed set The tenth and final boxed set in SWR’s Michael Gielen Edition spotlights his…

CD Review Contemporary Classical File Under? Minimalism Orchestras

Louis Andriessen on Nonesuch (CD Review)

April 28, 2021 Christian Carey

Louis Andriessen The Only One Nora Fischer, soprano Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor Nonesuch Records Louis Andriessen is in poor health. The eighty-one year old composer finished his last…