New York Classical Review

Carnegie serves up exhilarating Steve Reich feast, with no slowing down at 90

Of course, it’s true that repeated exposure to music helps to reveal its greatness, and that is the exact problem modern ...
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Lim’s breathless speed race leaves Mozart sonatas largely in the dust

The Sonata in C major, K. 279, is certainly the “earliest” in terms of musical language, hewing closely to the style galant of J.C. Bach and other models. Lim’s fleet, articulated performance of the ...
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Great music, moving moments vie with libretto, structural issues in Met premiere of “Lincoln in the Bardo”

The Metropolitan Opera mounted the world premiere production of Missy Mazzoli’s Lincoln in the Bardo on Monday night. This is ...
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Carnegie’s Mahler cycle off to an unsettled start with a Fifth Symphony of anticlimaxes

One of the biggest events on this season’s classical music calendar is the Mahler Symphony Cycle Yannick Nézet-Séguin will be ...
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Greek National Opera Orchestra brings varied gifts to Carnegie Hall

It’s always an occasion when an ensemble makes their first appearance in Carnegie Hall, and groups like to put their best ...
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Berlin Philharmonic brings fresh conviction to familiar Brahms and Strauss

There have always been Brahms haters among us, from the composer Tchaikovsky to contemporary critics who find his music ...
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Orpheus pleases with Mozart, Schumann and new work, all for free at Carnegie

In keeping with putting on a quality program for their free-admission audience, Orpheus engaged the star Dutch piano duo of Lucas and Arthur Jussen, brothers in their 20s whose good looks are matched ...
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A staged Reich masterpiece makes for a memorable night at Park Avenue Armory

He is one of the canonic composers of our time, and a great and essential artist in the long history of classical music, on equal footing with all the big names of the past. He and his peer and ...
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Alternate cast keeps the romance and comedy alight in Met’s “Bohème”

La Bohème will run through October 31 with Freddie De Tommaso and Adam Smith alternating as Rodolfo and Juliana Grigoryan and Kristina Mkhitaryan as Mimì. Additional runs of La Bohème with different ...
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Top Ten Performances of 2025

1. Mahler: Symphony No. 7. Gustavo Dudamel/New York Philharmonic Gustavo Dudamel isn’t officially the music director of the New York Philharmonic until next season, but performances this year show ...
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Lombardi and Hankey lift the musical values in Met’s frenetic Coney Island “Così”

Samantha Hankey as Dorabella (left) and Federica Lombardi as Fiordiligi in Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera Phelim McDermott’s staging is set in the ...
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Tesori’s “Grounded” scores a dark triumph in Met season opener

Emily D’Angelo stars as Jess in Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded at the Metropolitan Opera. Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera “If Odysseus came home every day,” sings fighter pilot Jess to her husband in Jeanine ...