Vicky Chow's Rite: New music rockstar interprets 100-year-old piece in New York

By Rebecca Lentjes, 31 May 2013

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Reviewed at The Jerome L Greene Performance Space, New York City on 29 May 2013

Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

Vicky Chow, Piano

Wet Ink Ensemble at Time:Spans festival

Kurt Gottschalk, 15th August

World premieres by ensemble members Alex Mincek and Kate Soper wear their intellects on their sleeves.

*****

Grand Band memorialize Simeon ten Holt at (Le) Poisson Rouge

Meg Wilhoite, 15th January

Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt passed away last November, and groups all over have been honoring his memory by performing what is perhaps his most well known composition, Canto Ostinato.

****1

Andris Nelsons and the BSO arrive in New York, with baggage in tow

Cameron Kelsall, 9th April

In his first New York appearance since the termination of his contract as BSO Music Director, Nelsons courts public sympathy and makes some thrilling music.

***11

Nelson Goerner shines with the CBSO and Rachmaninov's Rhapsody

Robert Gainer, 9th April

The CBSO present the work of three European émigré composers of the 1930s and 40s, who reimagined their musical influences with contrasting approaches and results.

****1

Karabits and Szeps-Znaider carouse with the LPO

Christopher Woodley, 8th April

The sparkle of Max Bruch's Fecond Violin Concerto and the drama of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony overcome the gloom of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s dark forebodings.

****1

Savall conducts Beethoven and Haydn at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 3rd April

Beethoven's Christus am Ölberge is paired with Haydn's Die sieben letzten Worte, a journey from agony to transcendence in which the agony proves the more honest companion.

***11

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.