Heras-Casado delivers straight readings with the NY Phil

By Sophia Lambton, 29 October 2016

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 27 October 2016

Bartók, Dance Suite, Sz. 77

Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26

Dvořák, Symphony no. 1 "Zlonické zvony" (The Bells of Zlonice) in C minor

New York Philharmonic

Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor

Frank Huang, Violin

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Sophia Lambton

Sophia Lambton became a professional classical music critic at the age of seventeen when she began to be published in Musical Opinion, Britain’s oldest magazine centred on classical music. One-and-a-half years later she embarked on a long pathway of research for an opera-related non-fiction book. In 2015 she graduated from Oxford with a 2:1 in Classics and Modern Languages. Sophia is currently working on both her non-fiction work, for which her New York agent is looking for a publisher, and the second volume of her third novel, The Crooked Little Pieces: A Story of Loves.

Stiffly obedient: Pablo Heras-Casado delivers straight readings with the NY Philharmonic