Articles by David Allen

Third time’s a charm? Or is three a crowd? It isn’t often that an orchestra takes up an entire weekend at Carnegie Hall. Could this be too much of a good thing?

Why would Mariss Jansons leave the Concertgebouw? Because he has the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra... 

The New York Philharmonic has a distinguished history in Mahler, as does Bernard Haitink, but this Mahler Third didn't quite work.

Innovative programming from Manfred Honeck mingles readings, music, and chant in memory of Mozart.

Bernard Haitink and Leonidas Kavakos join the New York Philharmonic for a programme of Webern, Berg, and Beethoven.

Ludovic Morlot conducts the New York première of the piece that won this year's Pulitzer Prize, Become Ocean, and pairs it with Varèse and Debussy.

Lisa Batiashvili joins the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin for smooth, suave Bartók, but Bruckner's Ninth doesn't quite cohere.

Ensemble ACJW's thoughtful approach to programming pays off in Akiho, Bach, Benjamin, Birtwistle, and Ligeti.

In her annual appearance at Carnegie Hall, Mitsuko Uchida plays Schubert's G Major sonata and Beethoven's Diabelli Variations.

Michael Volle stars as a complex Mandryka in the Met's birthday revival of Richard Strauss's Arabella.

A tremendous performance of one of Rameau's great stage works, but one that raised questions about the plot in concert form.

Superb pianism in unexpected repertoire from Paul Lewis, while the Beethoven with which he made his name doesn't quite stack up.

Matthias Goerne steps in for Thomas Hampson and electrifies James Levine's Wozzeck at the Metropolitan Opera. 

Risks bring rewards as Matthias Goerne and Christoph Eschenbach present Die schöne Müllerin at Carnegie Hall.

A thoughtful pairing of Schoenberg's Friede auf Erden and Beethoven's Ninth fails to catch fire.

This BAM production of Benjamin Britten’s Billy Budd, imported from Glyndebourne, achieves the rare distinction of making a great performance out of a decidedly mediocre work.

Daniil Trifonov returns to Carnegie Hall in a performance of Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, and Schumann.

The English Concert and Harry Bicket bring Theodora to Carnegie Hall, with Dorothea Röschmann, David Daniels and Sarah Connolly.

Marc-André Hamelin plays Schubert, and premieres two works never before heard at Carnegie Hall: his own Barcarolle, and a Medtner sonata composed a century ago.

Nathaniel Merrill’s production of Der Rosenkavalier opened at the Metropolitan Opera on 23 January 1969. Richard Nixon had been sworn in as President as the United States only a few days earlier. It is still in the repertory today, here revived with Edward Gardner conducting.