New York Philharmonic opens its season with hits and misses

Par David Wolfson, 19 septembre 2019

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Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York, le 18 septembre 2019

Glass, King Lear Overture (NYPhil commission,world première)

Barber, Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Prokofiev, Roméo et Juliette : extraits

Kelli O'Hara, Soprano

New York Philharmonic

Jaap van Zweden, Direction

À New York, Daniil Trifonov réinvente le Concerto de Schumann

Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 12th October

Au côté du New York Philharmonic, le pianiste russe propose une interprétation extraordinairement riche de l'œuvre de Schumann. Sous la direction de Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, la partie symphonique du programme a moins convaincu.

***11

Le New York Philharmonic à Paris

Christophe Dilys, 26th April

Programme de musiques de danse interprété par le New York Philharmonic : Stravinsky, Debussy et Bartók pour un dimanche après-midi parfait !

*****

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.

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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.