From the sublime to gobbling turkeys!

Von Rebecca Lentjes, 11 März 2015

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Carnegie Hall: Zankel, New York City, am 8 März 2015

Strawinsky, Octet for winds

Ives, From the Steeples and the Mountains

Ives, Scherzo "Over the Pavements"

Carter, The American Sublime (World première)

Cage, Atlas eclipticalis

Wuorinen, It Happens Like This

MET Chamber Ensemble

James Levine, Musikalische Leitung

Evan Hughes, Bassbariton

Charles Wuorinen, Musikalische Leitung

James Levine’s wand still works its magic

Edward Sava-Segal, 20th March

James Levine conducts the MET Chamber Orchestra in the intimate setting of the Weill Recital Hall

****1

Metropolitan Opera pays tribute to Hvorostovsky

Ako Imamura, 24th November

The Met Opera's concert performance of Verdi's Requiem was an emotional tribute to Dmitri Hvorostovsky.

***11

What the conductor tells me: impeccably controlled Mahler

Hugo Shirley, 31st October

James Levine brings masterful control to Mahler with the Staatskapelle in the Philharmonie.

****1

Flute still mesmerizing at The Met

Edward Sava-Segal, 10th October

The musical experience was dominated by the imagery making spectators feel, at least at times, overwhelmed.

****1

A Rosenkavalier for the radio

Robert Levine, 17th April

There are several things wrong with the new Robert Carsen directed Der Rosenkavalier that just opened at the Met, but the singing is not among them.

***11

Orchestra shines in uneven Idomeneo at the Met

Ako Imamura, 6th March

Mozart's Idomeneo proved to be a challenge for some of the soloists initially but the superb orchestra under James Levine brought about a successful opening evening at the Met.

***11

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.

From the sublime to gobbling turkeys: The MET Chamber Ensemble at Carnegie Hall