Neue Kritikenmehr...
Bach cantatas, American spirituals, global calamity
The Gospel according to Peter Sellars: an intermingling of Bach’s cantatas and American spirituals depicts an environmental message that the impending end won’t be personal, but global.
An unlikely meeting of Morton Feldman and the blues
Sorey’s instrumentation mirrors Feldman’s Rothko Chapel in a moving evening of musical high drama at Park Avenue Armory.
Steve Reich world premiere in New York
London's new Centre for Music has much to learn from the Big Apple's mistakes.
The English Concert at the Barbican: Theodora
Profound, fair and thought-provoking, Handel's Theodora argues for faith as a personal journey, not a political decree. The English Concert brought their rendition to the Barbican Centre in London.
The English Concert: Theodora at Carnegie Hall
The English Concert and Harry Bicket bring Theodora to Carnegie Hall, with Dorothea Röschmann, David Daniels and Sarah Connolly.
Art song at BAM
Part of the Next Wave Festival, 21c Liderabend achieved a delicate balance that, more times than not, New York’s larger performing arts venues fail to accomplish: an intimate experience in an extravagant, larger-scale setting.