Tyshawn Sorey’s tribute to the Rothko Chapel, a vintage Pavarotti concert and a release from the Berlin Philharmonic are among our selections. Standouts included the soprano Lise Davidsen and the ...
It should have been the right occasion. From my own perspective, I’d not heard Rattle conduct War Requiem for exactly 30 years; his 1983 Aldeburgh Festival monument in Bury St Edmund’s Cathedral with ...
When the Berlin Philharmonic chooses a new chief conductor, it's a big deal. In May the orchestra, often hailed as the world's finest, sequestered itself for a secret vote and some European papers ...
The viola player Brett Dean took a risk that paid off when he left the orchestra to become a full-time composer. By Jeffrey Arlo Brown Tyshawn Sorey’s tribute to the Rothko Chapel, a vintage Pavarotti ...