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[TRENDING NEWS] Review: In Time for the Holidays, Radiant Praetorius Carols

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: December 14, 2021 at 12:45AM Tenet Vocal Artists marked the 450th anniversary of the German Baroque composer Michael Praetorius’s birth, and the 400th of his death.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: For Once, Singing of Complete and Utter Clarity

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Author: BY ZACHARY WOOLFE - Publish Date: December 10, 2021 at 11:43PM “Voices of the Immaculate,” a new cantata by Kati Agocs performed on Thursday by Lucy Dhegrae, was entirely, word for word, lucid.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: An Ambitious Project Returns at the Philharmonic

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: December 5, 2021 at 11:26PM Project 19, the orchestra’s series commissioning female composers, came back with a new work by Joan Tower.

[TRENDING NEWS] Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: November 29, 2021 at 03:15AM Our chief classical music critic remembers playing and teaching the unforgettable scores of “Sweeney Todd,” “Sunday in the Park With George” and other shows.

[TRENDING NEWS] Europe’s Theaters Go Back to the Future With Covid Restrictions

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Author: BY ALEX MARSHALL - Publish Date: November 26, 2021 at 11:13PM Strict controls on playhouses and music venues are returning as the continent deals with a new coronavirus wave.

[TRENDING NEWS] Grammy Awards 2022: The List of Nominees

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Author: BY GABE COHN - Publish Date: November 23, 2021 at 11:34PM Artists, albums and songs competing for trophies at the 64th annual ceremony are being announced on Tuesday. The show will take place Jan. 31 in Los Angeles.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: Young Concert Artists Is Back, With a Superb Pianist

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: November 13, 2021 at 12:27AM Zhu Wang played an unusually interesting and adventurous set of pieces at Zankel Hall.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: The Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason Makes an Entrance

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Author: BY JOSHUA BARONE - Publish Date: November 13, 2021 at 12:01AM A young star made his New York Philharmonic debut in an evening of bold, charismatic musical storytelling.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: Michael Tilson Thomas, a Podium Hero, Returns

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: November 6, 2021 at 12:00AM The eminent conductor appeared with the New York Philharmonic, his first public performance since brain surgery this summer.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: At the Philharmonic, Contemporary Is King for a Week

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Author: BY SETH COLTER WALLS - Publish Date: October 21, 2021 at 11:53PM Music by Missy Mazzoli, Anthony Davis and John Adams was conducted by Dalia Stasevska, in her debut with the orchestra.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: Chamber Music Society Returns, Unchanged

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Author: BY ZACHARY WOOLFE - Publish Date: October 21, 2021 at 12:32AM The organization opened its season with a program encapsulating a persistently conservative vision of the repertory.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: Sphinx Virtuosi Bring an Intriguing Vision to Carnegie Hall

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: October 18, 2021 at 02:57AM An ensemble of 18 string players who are Black and Latino set a reflective and spirited tone on Friday, with solos by the charismatic bass-baritone Davóne Tines.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Temporary Concert Hall Hopes for a Permanent Audience

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Author: BY JOSHUA BARONE - Publish Date: October 13, 2021 at 01:46AM The Isarphilharmonie in Munich, a prefabricated stopgap during a renovation, is trying to lure listeners far from the city center.

[TRENDING NEWS] Two Singers Reveal the Core of Art Song, on Stages Big and Small

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: October 12, 2021 at 01:04AM This weekend, Jonas Kaufmann gave a recital at the vast Carnegie Hall, while Will Liverman appeared at the intimate Park Avenue Armory.

[TRENDING NEWS] Bolshoi Performer Is Killed in Onstage Accident

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Author: BY JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ - Publish Date: October 10, 2021 at 05:24AM The man, in his late 30s, was crushed during a scene change as the opera “Sadko” was performed before an audience, the theater said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: October 8, 2021 at 12:01AM After a 572-day closure, the hall was lit by a vibrant concert from the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: For Armory Recitals, a Modest but Memorable Return

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: September 21, 2021 at 11:45PM Paul Appleby and Conor Hanick presented a song program focused on cycles by Beethoven and Berg.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Giant Violin Floats Down Venice’s Grand Canal

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Author: BY ELISABETTA POVOLEDO - Publish Date: September 20, 2021 at 03:51AM This 39-foot-long instrument, built by local artisans and carrying musicians performing a live concert, sets a course for the future.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: In ‘Sun & Sea,’ We Laze Away the End of the World

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Author: BY JASON FARAGO - Publish Date: September 17, 2021 at 01:30AM Seemingly sweet yet insistently ominous, this opera installation turns a sandy beach into a spectacle of a changing climate.

[TRENDING NEWS] Review: For 9/11 Tribute, the Met Opera Returns Home

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Author: BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI - Publish Date: September 13, 2021 at 12:39AM The company’s first performance inside its theater since March 2020 was an inspired rendition of Verdi’s Requiem.