Stéphane Denève leads the New York Phil through a landscape of dreams

Stéphane Denève, Víkingur Ólafsson and the New York Philharmonic

Stéphane Denève conducts the New York Philharmonic

Por David Wolfson, 24 noviembre 2022

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“brass climaxes seemed to organically well up from within the music, rather than being layered on top”

Crítica hecha desde Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, Nueva York el 23 noviembre 2022

Connesson, Les Trois Cités de Lovecraft: Céléphaïs

Ravel, Concierto para piano en sol mayor

Rameau, Les Boréades: Gavottes I & II pour les Heures et les Zéphirs (trans. Ólafsson)

Roussel, Bacchus and Ariane, Suite no. 2, Op.43

Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé, suite orquestal núm. 2

Stéphane Denève, Dirección

Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano

New York Philharmonic

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.

****1

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.

***11

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.

****1

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.

****1

Lyricism and drama from Dueñas, Honeck and the New York Philharmonic

Susan Stempleski, 29th January

The Spanish violinist delivers a radiant rendition of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto after which Honeck interprets his own distillation of music from Strauss’ Elektra.

****1

Thomas Adès and Yuja Wang offer contemporary works at the NY Phil

Sam Jacobson, 23rd January

Yuja Wang returns to the New York Philharmonic with Rautavaara’s dazzling First Piano Concerto in a probing program curated and conducted by Thomas Adès.

****1

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David Wolfson

David Wolfson holds a PhD in composition from Rutgers University, and has taught at Rutgers University, Montclair State University and Hunter College. He is enjoying an eclectic career, having composed opera, musical theatre, touring children’s musicals, and incidental music for plays; choral music, band music, orchestral music, chamber music, art songs, and music for solo piano; comedy songs, cabaret songs and one memorable score for an amusement park big-headed-costumed-character show. You can find more information here.

A landscape of dreams with Stéphane Denève, Víkingur Ólafsson and the New York Phil