Superb Schumann 2 anchors Szeps-Znaider’s NY Phil conducting debut

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider conducts the New York Philharmonic

Alisa Weilerstein and the New York Philharmonic

Von Cameron Kelsall, 05 April 2025

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“it usually felt like ideas in futile search for a theme”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City, am 4 April 2025

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61: excerpts

Larcher, Returning into darkness (World premiere)

Schumann, Symphonie Nr. 2 in C-Dur, Op.61

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Musikalische Leitung

Alisa Weilerstein, Cello

New York Philharmonic

Yo-Yo Ma spielt Salonen in Hamburg

Zenaida des Aubris, 3rd April

Die Hamburger Elbphilharmonie beheimatet die deutsche Erstaufführung des Cellokonzerts von Esa-Pekka Salonen.

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Fragiles Spiel in New York

Stefan Pillhofer, 7th April

Die New Yorker David Geffen Hall ist ein imposanter Bau und beheimatet das New York Philharmonic Orchestra, welches an diesem Abend nicht nur Stärken zeigte.

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Barbara Hannigan makes a powerful connection in La Voix humaine

Thomas May, 23rd April

The Canadian soprano and conductor fuses live performance and video in a taut, volatile account of Poulenc’s punch-packing monodrama with the New York Philharmonic, sharing the bill with Strauss’ valedictory Metamorphosen.

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A vocally perplexing economics assignment from David Lang

No’a L. bat Miri, 19th March

The New York Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel deliver the world premiere of Lang's The wealth of nations, inspired by Adam Smith's famous treatise.

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Weinberg rarity overshadows John Williams at the New York Philharmonic

Cameron Kelsall, 1st March

John Williams put butts in seats with the New York debut of his Piano Concerto, but the NY Phil's first performances of Mieczysław Weinberg’s Symphony no. 5 stole the show.

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Contours in motion: Kavakos and Rouvali at the New York Philharmonic

Edward Sava-Segal, 20th February

Bartók and Rachmaninov are shaped through rhythmic precision and structural concentration in the New York Philharmonic's latest subscription concert.

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Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall is a classical music critic and cultural reporter. He has written for Bachtrack since 2019, and his byline has appeared in many national and international classical music publications. Based in Philadelphia, he regularly travels around the United States for musical events. In addition to his career in journalism, Cameron also teaches in the Theatre Arts program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a certified sommelier and avid home cook. His favorite composer is Mahler. Twitter: @CameronPKelsall.