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Who's For? The Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

Who's For? The Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

10.8.2026 The Berlin Philharmonic presented three different programs over four days, including Carnegie Hall’s Opening Night Gala. The season opened at Carnegie Hall, celebrating its 135th anniversary, with Italian opera and Respighi. Centered on verismo opera, the program brought human passion, suffering, love, and tragedy to life

Missy Mazzoli — Lincoln in the Bardo

Missy Mazzoli — Lincoln in the Bardo

Making Opera More Open American composer Missy Mazzoli moves freely between contemporary music, pop, rock, film music, and classical music. In October, her new opera Lincoln in the Bardo will premiere at the Metropolitan Opera. It is the Met’s first commissioned work by a female composer. Based on George

Yannick’s Mahler Cycle

Yannick’s Mahler Cycle

The Journey Begins at Carnegie Hall Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 1 through 9 with three orchestras—the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the Vienna Philharmonic—through the 2026–27 season and into spring 2027. At Carnegie Hall in October, he conducts

How Long Can We Listen? Feldman’s For Christian Wolff

How Long Can We Listen? Feldman’s For Christian Wolff

《For Christian Wolff》, performed at Mise-en-Place on October 6, was written in 1986 as a late major work for Christian Wolff, Feldman’s longtime friend and fellow member of the New York School. Wolff studied with John Cage and, together with Feldman and Brown, pursued new possibilities beyond

The Met’s New Macbeth

The Met’s New Macbeth

9.29.2026 A New Macbeth had opened at the Metropolitan Opera, so I went to see it for the third time. I entered from downstairs, came in from the side of the orchestra seats, and walked toward the pit. I saw some musicians I had never seen before. A

Mäkelä’s Song — Shostakovich No. 4 in Chicago

Mäkelä’s Song — Shostakovich No. 4 in Chicago

9.26.2026 Saturday morning, I woke up because my toe was itching. A mosquito had bitten me. It was six in the morning. My flight from LaGuardia was at eight. I had packed everything the night before. I got dressed quickly, grabbed my bags, and went outside. A storm

Academia Street

Academia Street

9.25.2026 Where Is the Real Street? Tribeca New Music opened its season at Benzaquen Hall at the DiMenna Center. I went to hear its program of young composers and to find out. Best in Score 2026 Location The DiMenna Center — Benzaquen Hall, 10018 Artist ORANGE ROAD QUARTET Lauren