Banishing the corona blues: NY Phil at 92Y

By Mark Pullinger, 13 November 2020

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Reviewed at The 92nd Street Y: Kaufmann Concert Hall, New York City on 12 November 2020

Mendelssohn, String Quartet no. 3 in D major, Op.44 no. 1

Coleridge-Taylor, Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op.10

Anthony McGill, Clarinet

Yulia Ziskel, Violin

Na Sun, Violin

Cynthia Phelps, Viola

Nathan Vickery, Cello

New York Philharmonic String Quartet

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Emanuel Ax joins members of the New York Philharmonic for an afternoon of chamber music at the 92nd Street Y.

***11

Brilliant Brahms from Vengerov and friends at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 16th December

An extraordinary group of musicians join violinist Maxim Vengerov in performing two chamber music jewels by Johannes Brahms.

*****

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Rafael Payare, Anthony McGill and the New York Philharmonic create some extraordinary moments in the course of an overall uneven concert of Gubaidulina, Mozart and Tchaikovsky.

****1

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In a week when the New York Phil announced Gustavo Dudamel as its next Music Director, a former candidate rekindles “what if?” thoughts.

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Balance problems mar Dalia Stasevska’s New York Philharmonic debut

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Despite energetic and precise leadership from on the podium, persistent sound issues plagued this program of contemporary American music.

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The evening’s great surprise came with Chavah's Daughters Speak, a world premiere by James Lee III.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Banishing the corona blues: members of the New York Philharmonic at 92Y