How Composer Max Richter Used Elizabethan-Era Instruments and a Women’s Choir to Shape ‘Hamnet’s’ Emotional Tone

Composer Max Richter turned to Elizabethan-era instruments and a women’s choir to help find “ Hamnet ‘s” emotional tone.
New York Classical Review

A fresh First Symphony highlights COE’s Brahms program with Nézet-Séguin

One of the best features of Tuesday’s music-making was the old-fashioned layout of the orchestra. With the violins divided ...

Practice, practice, practice finds Lakewood piano prodigy John Michael Klein heading to Carnegie Hall

There’s an old joke in entertainment about a New York City pedestrian asking a stranger, “How does one get to Carnegie Hall?” ...

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts the Gstaad Festival Orchestra in Dvořák’s Ninth Symphony

Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has curated a programme rich in contrasts, pairing Dvořák’s vision of America with a journey to the vibrant landscapes of South America, centred around Venezuelan pianist Gabriela ...

Lim Yunchan dazzles in Seoul, but his tour reveals Korean market under strain

Star pianist Lim Yunchan performed with the Orchestra of Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia last week, marking ...
The Arts Desk

Classical CDs: Soup, monkeys and McDonalds wrappers

There’s surely a thick book to be written about the influence of Javanese gamelan on western classical music. Debussy ...
Bachtrack

Winter light and vintage grain: Yunchan Lim and Daniel Harding in Seoul

Daniel Harding and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia choose proportion over spectacle as their Asian ...