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Rafael Payare, Anthony McGill and the New York Philharmonic create some extraordinary moments in the course of an overall uneven concert of Gubaidulina, Mozart and Tchaikovsky.

In a week when the New York Phil announced Gustavo Dudamel as its next Music Director, a former candidate rekindles “what if?” thoughts. 

Despite energetic and precise leadership from on the podium, persistent sound issues plagued this program of contemporary American music.

The evening’s great surprise came with Chavah's Daughters Speak, a world premiere by James Lee III.

Music Director Louis Langrée leads a program of Schubert, Julia Perry's Homunculus CF and Anthony Davis's You Have the Right to Remain Silent, featuring Anthony McGill as an outstanding clarinet soloist.

A rare outing for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Clarinet Quintet in New York along with a youthful Mendelssohn string quartet. 

New York Philharmonic, under the strong leadership of its incoming music director, demonstrated that they can perform opera as well as symphonies in an impressive performance of Act 1 of Die Walküre.

What’s next for the outgoing Music Director of the New York Philharmonic? It’s unclear. But this program reflected both his legacy and the gifts he will carry down the road.

Framed by passionate performances of Mendelssohn and Brahms, a gorgeous neo-Romantic work by Steven Stucky is unveiled in this installment of the 2015 Summer Festival. 

The New York Philharmonic began the New Year with a rapturous program featuring Ravel's Valses nobles et sentimentales, Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto, and selections from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

Not painting by the numbers: with a trio, a pair of quartets, and an octet, the Seattle Chamber Music Society offers more than the sum of its parts.