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Fresh Bruckner 8th by Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Donald Runnicles. So precious to have their discovery and sensation together under amazing the maestro’s navigation. Juilliard Orchestra Donald Runnicles, Conductor BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C Minor

Crypt=Tomb The Crypt Session, Andrew Ousley curated, a tiny-sized but intimate super essential musical session with about 40-50 audience at a church basement somewhere in Manhattan on December Friday night Four Voces and Minimized Effective Instruments one-hour work by David Lang, The Little Match Girl Passion

11.30-12.1.2023　New York Brahms's architecture reminded me of "With all manner of subtle symmetries", his integration of Bach's structure, Beethoven dynamism, Schubert's lyricism, Schumann's romanticism, and his deep respect for German folk music. Also, their play

At András Schiff’s Carnegie Hall recital, given without a printed program, the atmosphere felt almost like being at home with the pianist and his audience. He spoke, he played, and his sound carried a remarkable presence. As James R. Oestreich noted in his New York Times review of November

“Hope and doubt, spirituality and worldliness—this ambivalence, I believe, gives his music its profound humanity.” “Whenever I hear Bach, I feel as though my soul opens. His music lifts us up and, even in its darkest moments, conveys confidence and a fundamental trust that the world is good and

Tchikovsky’s Piano Concert is heard at the beginning of this clip. “Scherzo-like interlude in the middle of the second movement is a song, “Il fau s’amuser, danser et rire,” from the repertoire of Désirée Artôt, a superb Belgian soprano whom Tchaikovsky courted briefly in the winter of