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Mostly Mozart Festival
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Louis Langrée, conductor, Stephen Hough, piano Carolyn Sampson, soprano, Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Steve Davislim, tenor Concert Chorale of New York, James Bagwell, Director Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY August 20, 2010 The Festival dedicated its final concert to the genius for whom it was named with an all-Mozart program: the…
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Mostly Mozart Festival
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Louis Langrée, conductor Joshua Bell, violin Jeremy Denk, piano Pre-Concert Recital: Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY August 18, 2010 This No-Mozart, all-Romantic program was one of the Festival’s best. It opened with Weber’s Overture to the opera Der Freischütz and closed with Schumann’s Symphony…
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Mostly Mozart Festival
Mostly Mozart Festival Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Osmo Vänskä, conductor Antti Siirala, pianist Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY August 14, 2010 This concert was not only all-Mozart, but all dramatic, minor mode Mozart. It featured two guests from Finland: conductor Osmo Vänskä, a familiar presence at the Festival, and the young pianist Antti Siirala…
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Mostly Mozart Festival
Mostly Mozart Festival Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Lionel Bringuier, conductor David Fray, piano Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY August 6, 2010 This was one of the Festival’s All-Mozart programs: the Overture to “Cosi fan tutte” K.588, the Piano Concerto in E-flat major, No. 22, K.482, and the “Prague” Symphony, No. 38, K. 504. As…
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Mostly Mozart Festival
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor Gil Shaham, violin Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY August 4, 2010 This was one of the Festival’s “Some Mozart” programs; one third Mozart, to be exact. Mozart’s contribution was the Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219, the last, and probably the greatest, of his authentic…
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“Der Rosenkavalier” and “Turandot” Great Performances at the MET
“Der Rosenkavalier” and “Turandot” Great Performances at the MET Lincoln Center/PBS Telecasts, New York, NY Lincoln Center and PBS are repeating some of their popular telecasts from the MET, giving audiences a chance to retrieve what they missed or to revisit what they enjoyed. On July 29, the opera was “Der Rosenkavalier” by Richard Strauss…
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Mostly Mozart Festival
Mostly Mozart Festival Opening Night Gala Program Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY July 28, 2010 This is the Mostly Mozart Festival’s 44th season – an impressive display of longevity and resilience. It has weathered many internal and external changes that affected its programming strategy, and this year’s programs reflect some of them: they range…
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George Li, a 14-year-old pianist from Lexington, Massachusetts, is the first-prize winner of the inaugural Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition.
George Li, a 14-year-old pianist from Lexington, Massachusetts, is the first-prize winner of the inaugural Thomas and Evon Cooper International Competition His stellar performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11, with Jahja Ling conducting The Cleveland Orchestrain Severance Hall on Friday, July 30, brought the week-long piano competition, held at…
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“Hamlet” by Ambroise Thomas-Metropolitan Opera
“Hamlet” by Ambroise Thomas Metropolitan Opera Lincoln Center, New York City If an opera has lain dormant for 100 years, only a great performance can awaken it. Ambroise Thomas’ “Hamlet,” premiered in Paris in 1868, was last performed at the MET in 1897; it was revived this season in a new production by Patrice Caurier…