Rekindling New York’s musical life at 92Y

By Edward Sava-Segal, 12 May 2021

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Reviewed at The 92nd Street Y: Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City on 11 May 2021

Schubert, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock), (W. Müller u. H. v. Chézy), D.965

Lee III, Chavah's Daughters Speak (World premiere)

Still, Romance

Schubert, Sonata in A minor "Arpeggione", D.821

Anthony McGill, Clarinet

Susanna Phillips, Soprano

Myra Huang, Piano

Evgeny Kissin and friends explore Shostakovich at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

A chamber programme of Shostakovich’s private idioms and public masks

****1

Met Chamber Ensemble shines in scaled-down Das Lied von der Erde

Susan Stempleski, 28th April

Singers Susanna Phillips, Michelle DeYoung and Ben Bliss impress in an intimate performance with members of the Met Orchestra.

****1

Brahms' German Requiem proves to be timeless as ever in new edition

Kurt Gottschalk, 2nd March

The revisions were minor, but the Requiem remained a fitting work for a modern metropolis: reverent, mysterious, a little bit distant but a powerful prayer for peace.

*****

First premiere of NY Phil’s Women’s commissioning Project 19

David Wolfson, 5th February

The satisfying kick-off to the New York Philharmonic’s Project 19 women’s commissioning project shared a bill with a disappointing Haydn cello concerto and a rewarding Mozart Mass.

***11

Met Opera revives Le nozze di Figaro with musical style

Linda Holt, 16th November

In its revival of the 2014 production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, the Metropolitan Opera offers a satisfying blend of comic antics, beautifully realized music, and some top-notch singing in several roles.

****1

A colorless Don Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera

Edward Sava-Segal, 15th April

The Met's spectators love Mozart’s opera, but they deserve an updated staging.

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Anthony McGill, Susanna Phillips and Myra Huang rekindle New York’s musical life at 92Y