Classical Music Theater Reviews: Best Shows & Critic Recommendations Page 28

BWW Reviews: VOICES FOR RELIEF Typhoon Haiyan Fundraiser From Academy of Vocal Arts Alumni and Residents
by Marakay Rogers - December 12, 2013

Tenor Jeffrey Halili and fellow graduates and resident artists of Philadelphia's Academy of Vocal Arts performed November 30 (and again on December 14) at Philadelphia's First Presbyterian for American Red Cross typhoon relief...

BWW Reviews: AVA's COSI FAN TUTTE Shows How To Do An Update That Works
by Marakay Rogers - December 03, 2013

The Academy of Vocal Arts performed an updated version of Mozart's comic opera that makes sense in its handling and boasts some fine performances...

BWW Reviews: Back to the 18th Century with Labadie, Persson and the New York Philharmonic
by Richard Sasanow - November 12, 2013

Handel wrote over 1000 da capo arias—a musical mainstay of Italian baroque operas--during his career, but none more thrilling than “Let the Bright Seraphim.” The showpiece for soprano and piccolo trumpet, which comes at the very end of the oratorio SAMSON, was a joyous crowd-pleaser at the New York ...

BWW Reviews: Penderecki 'Concerto Grosso for Three Cellos' Makes Philharmonic Debut
by Peter Danish - November 12, 2013

The brilliant Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki seems to be enjoying something of a renaissance - especially in New York this month! His works were performed in at least three concert halls over the last month and the composer himself made appearances at several of the performances. While hardly ...

BWW Reviews: SVADBA (Wedding) Makes US Premiere At Opera Philadelphia
by Marakay Rogers - November 09, 2013

The Queen of Puddings production of Ana Sokolovic's short opera made its US premiere at Opera Philadelphia with the assistance of FringeArts and a raucous reception...

BWW CD Reviews: David Lanz's Beautiful MOVEMENTS OF THE HEART
by Chris Gibson - November 08, 2013

The latest release by pianist/composer David Lanz is called MOVEMENTS OF THE HEART, and that title accurately sums up the tone and tenor of the CD. These thirteen songs reflect the variety of emotions and feelings that accompany being in love. Fittingly enough, two of the compositions are co-written...

BWW Reviews: EVENINGS AT ELDER HALL 2013: CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA: Young Musicians Thrill Audiences with Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra
by Barry Lenny - October 29, 2013

The eighth and final concert in the Evenings at Elder Hall concert series, Concerto for Orchestra, was a chance for the Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra to celebrate the anniversaries of three great classical composers, Benjamin Britten, Witold Lutos?awski, and Richard Wagner....

BWW Reviews: Piffaro's RETURN OF THE PIPES Features Royal Favorites
by Marakay Rogers - October 28, 2013

The first concert of Piffaro's season featured a young recorder virtuoso, bagpipers, favorite composers of the royal courts, and a royal composer, Henry VIII...

BWW Reviews: Ann Hampton Callaway Sings Streisand Songbook with Baltimore Symphony
by Charles Shubow - October 22, 2013

Pops Conductor Jack Everly helms entertaining evening of great music...

BWW Reviews: The POPS' Viva Philadelphia! Celebrates Philly's Italian Musical Heritage
by Marakay Rogers - October 16, 2013

Maestro Michael Krajewski, Poperazzi, and Philadelphia's own Eddie Bruce celebrate everything from Mario Lanza to The Four Seasons, with dashes of Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, and Paganini, for the opening of the POPS season...

BWW Reviews: Triple-Threat at Carnegie Hall--DiDonato, Levine and the MET Orchestra
by Richard Sasanow - October 16, 2013

After a triumph in Mozart's COSI FAN TUTTE at the Met, James Levine made it two in a row, as he returned with the MET Orchestra and soloist Joyce DiDonato to Carnegie Hall early this week for a concert of far-reaching styles and depth....

BWW Reviews: Ian Hobson Plays Brahms - All of It!
by Peter Danish - October 11, 2013

The esteemed pianist Ian Hobson is giving New York an early Christmas present. He is performing the Herculean task of playing all of Johannes Brahms piano music in a cycle of fourteen concerts over the course of two months. To assist him in the task, he is bringing along an eclectic group of world-c...

BWW Reviews: The Philadelphia Orchestra With Choral Beethoven and Muhly
by Marakay Rogers - October 05, 2013

Yannick conducts the Orchestra, massed choirs, and soloists (including award-winner Shenyang) in Beethoven's Ninth and a mass by Muhly...

BWW Reviews: Baltimore Symphony Features Movie Music Maven Jean-Yves Thibaudet
by Charles Shubow - October 03, 2013

Gershwin, Bernstein, and Ravel...what a concert...

BWW Reviews: Oz Asia Festival 2013: T'ANG QUARTET: SECRETS AND SONGS Delight the Audience with Contemporary Music from East and West
by Barry Lenny - September 23, 2013

The T'ang Quartet, comprising Ng Yu-Ying, first violin, Ang Chek Meng, second violin, Lionel Tan, viola, and Leslie Tan, cello, presented a very varied concert of six pieces by four contemporary composers....

CD REVIEW: The Principal Brass - Debut CD 'New York'
by Peter Danish - September 04, 2013

Who says classical music can't be fun?...

BWW Reviews: Mostly Mozart Offers 'Enlightenment' on Handel
by Richard Sasanow - August 26, 2013

It's a slippery slope--when an orchestra commemorates the career of a famous singer, featuring other, less well-known artists. That's exactly what the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment did last Thursday at Mostly Mozart in Alice Tully Hall. In an all-Handel concert, the group remembered its long...

BWW Reviews: Josh Groban Makes Wolf Trap Debut
by Jennifer Perry - August 17, 2013

The versatile and genuine performer elated the Wolf Trap crowd proving why he's achieved international stardom....

BWW Reviews: 'Bravo!' FIGARO and Ivan Fischer's Budapest Festival Orchestra at Mostly Mozart
by Richard Sasanow - August 15, 2013

From its earliest days, Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival has included opera among its offerings, although I recall no production being quite so acclaimed as Iván Fischer's DON GIOVANNI of two seasons ago. With so much to live up to, the director-conductor's vision of Mozart's LE NOZZE DI FIGA...

BWW Reviews: Mozart and Beethoven Duke It Out at Lincoln Center's 'Mostly Mozart' Opening. Guess Who Wins?
by Richard Sasanow - August 02, 2013

Is Lincoln Center planning to change its summertime schedule from “Mostly Mozart” to “Basically Beethoven”? If so, they couldn't have picked a better concert to put the point across than the opening program of this year's Festival. Heard on Wednesday evening, July 31, the performance was led by Musi...

BWW Reviews: National Symphony Orchestra Concert at Wolf Trap, WICKED DIVAS, Features Two of the Best on Broadway
by Jennifer Perry - July 29, 2013

Belting, showtunes, an exquisite orchestra? Who can ask for much more?...

BWW Reviews: National Symphony Orchestra Cellist Shows Flair for Storytelling, Music with IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT G-STRING
by Jennifer Perry - July 27, 2013

With Caruthers sharing great music and interesting stories, you can't help but fall in love with the cello yourself....

BWW Reviews: Dramatic, Musical Tchaikovsky in NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART
by Larry Murray - July 21, 2013

At Shakespeare & Company the fusion of a classical concert with a dramatic story explores the relationship between Tchaikovsky and Mrs. von Meck. Much -though not all- is revealed in this story about the composer vis his letters, his music and the intertwining of theatre, music and dance....

BWW Reviews: The New York Philharmonic Takes to the Stars!
by Peter Danish - July 11, 2013

As part of its 'SUMMERTIME CLASSICS' series, the New York Philharmonic presented Holst's 'THE PLANETS - AN HD ODYSSEY' at Avery Fisher Hall...

BWW Reviews: Young Musicians Demonstrate Mature Talent
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - July 08, 2013

The Fourth of July weekend continued at the Bowdoin International Music Festival with an exciting showcase of the festival's young talent: a four-hour lineup of back to back concerts in the Artists of Tomorrow series. The purpose of these recitals is to create a platform where the festival's student...