Jaap van Zweden’s New York Philharmonic tenure ends with a bang

Jaap van Zweden

Ekaterina Gubanova and Hanna-Elisabeth Müller

The New York Philharmonic and Chorus

By Edward Sava-Segal, 08 June 2024

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“van Zweden seems to forget that Mahler’s music is not about successfully regulating heavy traffic”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 6 June 2024

Mahler, Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"

New York Philharmonic

Jaap van Zweden, Conductor

Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano

Ekaterina Gubanova, Mezzo-soprano

New York Philharmonic Chorus

Malcolm J Merriweather, Choirmaster / chorus director

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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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.

Jaap van Zweden’s New York Philharmonic tenure ends with a Mahlerian bang