New York Classical Review

The Sebastians build a mighty fortress brick by brick in an intimate Mass in B minor

The Sebastians performed Bach’s Mass in B minor Tuesday night at St. Peter’s Church. Photo: Katie Mollison For your “only in ...
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Ruckus’s heart is in the Highlands with “Edinburgh Rollick”

Ruckus and friends performed Sunday at Corpus Christi Church for Music Before 1800. Ruckus—the period-instruments ensemble that leaves listeners asking, “What period are we in?”—was up to its old and ...
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Helix provides energetic advocacy for a rich variety of youthful composers

The HELIX! New Music Ensemble, whose home base is Rutgers University, is committed to the music of today. Of the ten works ...
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A thoughtful piano sonata journey from Scarlatti to a Liebermann premiere

The question seems like it has a simple answer that everyone knows because sonatas are everywhere in classical music. It’s ...
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Viet Cuong premiere, Tsujii’s Beethoven highlight Orpheus program at Carnegie

Nobuyuki Tsujii performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Saturday night at Carnegie Hall. Photo: Harald Hoffmann/DG The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra returned to ...
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A trio of worthy debuts boosts Met’s “Onegin” revival

Asmik Grigorian as Tatiana and Iurii Samoilov in the title role of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Lim’s mercurial imagination runs free in richly textured Carnegie recital

Scriabin’s Sonata No. 2 was on the program, dubbed by the composer “Sonata-Fantasy.” In Lim’s hands, all the other pieces ...
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Juilliard musicians fete Glass with exhilarating concert of rarities

Witnessing classical music culture catch up to and encompass Philip Glass into the mainstream of the tradition has been one ...