Dudamel and Hahn lead New York Phil in exuberant Spanish program

Gustavo Dudamel and Hilary Hahn

Hilary Hahn, Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic

By Sam Jacobson, 26 April 2024

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“Hahn was arresting and commanding from the onset”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 25 April 2024

Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole

Ginastera, Violin Concerto, Op.30

Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy, Op.25

Bach, Violin partita no. 3 in E major, BWV1006: Loure

Ravel, Boléro

Hilary Hahn, Violin

New York Philharmonic

Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor

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

Tradition and modernity: Bronfman and Zhang shine in New York

Susan Stempleski, 15th January

Xian Zhang returns to the Philharmonic to lead a program pairing two 19th-century Romantic works with a 21st-century tone poem.

****1

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Sam Jacobson

Sam Jacobson has been writing for Bachtrack since 2015 and is currently in Pittsburgh, having previously lived throughout the Midwest. A keen traveler, he endeavors to see all the great orchestras and opera houses across the US and abroad. Outside of music, he works as a software engineer. He also maintains a blog which can be read here.

Gustavo Dudamel and Hilary Hahn lead New York Philharmonic in exuberant Spanish program