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Category Archives: Reviews
Gotham Chamber Opera’s Orientale at LPR
Last week I stepped out to Gotham Chamber Opera‘s season premiere, Gotham @ LPR: ORIENTALE, an evening’s entertainment with a vaguely Asiatic theme. The rep was a true mash-up: Monteverdi’s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda as a centerpiece, traditional Armenian melodies, French Baroque … Continue reading
Concerts in Haarlem and Amsterdam
Thousandfolders hit the road this week and next, soaking in the many cultural delights of Amsterdam and Brussels (and neighboring cities) before heading off to Riga, Latvia for performances with their early music festival. Boy it’s rough on your feet … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda, Reviews
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From Silent Spring to a furious Fifth (plus: Tchaikovsky’s forgotten lyrics)
Since we posted a “review” of the audience for the Pittsburgh Symphony last Sunday, Amanda’s review of the actual concert for Bachtrack is here. By the way, everyone know the lyrics to Tchaikovsky’s Fifth? Some from this website, and … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda, Fun, Reviews
Tagged Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sigmund Spaeth, Tchaikovsky
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Cheating death: a review of Bruckner, Rattle, and the Berliner Philharmoniker at Carnegie, 2/24/12
This concert featured Bruckner’s death-haunted Ninth Symphony, but with a difference. Although Bruckner died after completing only three of the four movements, the Berliners gave the American premiere of a Finale reconstructed by Nicola Samale, John A. Phillips, Benjamin-Gunnar Cohrs, and Giuseppe Mazzuca (“SPCM”). … Continue reading
Ecstatic Music Festival: what I didn’t say
My review of the Ecstatic Music Festival opening night is on Bachtrack. For the sake of journalistic objectivity, and their mission to attract more listeners to classical music, I kept it pretty neutral. But here’s more on how I really … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda, Listening to Music, Reviews, Saving classical music
Tagged Bischoff, Carla Bozulich, Casio, classical music, Contemporary classical music, Mirah, Reich, WQXR-FM
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Lost in the Brooklyn backcountry (Review: Messiaen, Tate, Hamburger Symphoniker)
Everything about this concert was out of the ordinary: orchestra, conductor, venue, repertoire, and accompanying film (see above). And it was a triumph—in spite of itself.
Posted in Messiaen, Michael, Reviews
Tagged Hamburger Symphoniker, Jeffrey Tate, Olivier Messiaen
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Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? (Mahler, Adès, Alan Gilbert, NYPO)
Okay folks, thanks for the 15 minutes. Can we talk about music now? No other classical music news has topped this cell phone, not Thomas Quasthoff’s sad announcement of his retirement, not budget woes at San Antonio Opera and Trinity … Continue reading
Posted in Alan Gilbert, Mahler, New York Philharmonic, Reviews
Tagged Alan Gilbert, Avery Fisher Hall, Gustav Mahler, iPhone, Mahler, New York Philharmonic
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Welcome Bachtrack readers!
Sheesh, you know you’re busy when your own blog doesn’t recognize you. I did have time to go see the new Nico Muhly opera last weekend, which I was glad to do. Still, in the words of the amazing Lucy … Continue reading
Posted in Amanda, Reviews
Tagged Bachtrack, classical music, Lucy Shelton, music, Nico Muhly, opera
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