En vivo, Video: Buscador de críticas de conciertos de música clásica, ópera, ballet y danza | Lumière et Pesanteur

Karina Canellakis conducts a program at the New York Philharmonic of works tied to the mystical or ineffable, with astonishing clarity.

In his second week of local performances, the Finnish composer-conductor offers a lush performance of music by a beloved collaborator, the late Kaija Saariaho.

Travel restrictions prevented both the concert’s marquee names from appearing, but their stand-ins stamped their personalities on an immensely attractive (and unchanged) programme. 

Clarinetist Kari Kriikku sauntered through the aisles of both the orchestra and audience, spinning around in two complete 360s and surely dousing the flabbergasted listeners in the floor seating with saliva.