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Review: Musica Sacra Highlights Living Composers
At the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, this mainstay of the New York choral scene premiered three pieces.
Review: Handel’s ‘Semele’ Comes With Sumo Wrestlers at BAM
The Chinese artist Zhang Huan’s production of Handel’s “Semele” has playful, colorful staging saturated with Buddhist imagery.
Opera & Classical Music Listings for March 6-12
A selected, critical guide to classical music performances in New York City.
Ezra Laderman,Weaver of Eclectic ‘Marilyn’ Opera, Dies at 90
A prolific composer of symphonic, chamber and vocal music, Mr. Laderman won public notice thanks to his work about Marilyn Monroe for the New York City Opera.
Youth Symphony Cancels Program That Quotes ‘Horst Wessel’ Song
Jonas Tarm, 21, had won a commission from the New York Youth Symphony, which canceled a performance after getting a letter of complaint.
Juilliard and the Manhattan School of Music Play Strauss’s ‘Ein Heldenleben’
Two orchestras say they performed the challenging “Ein Heldenleben” without knowing the other institution had planned to do the same.
Review: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment at Alice Tully Hall
This period ensemble played works by Smetana, Brahms and Dvorak.
William Thomas McKinley, Jazz-Loving Composer, Dies at 76
A hallmark of Mr. McKinley’s music was his acute sensitivity to the tonal possibilities of each instrument.
Pining for Handel’s ‘Alcina’ Sorceress, Coming to Lincoln Center on Film
Lincoln Center’s Great Voices on Film series includes an act from a Handel opera increasingly revived at Manhattan institutions, but not (yet) at the Met.
Percussion To the Extreme
New chamber music by Augusta Read Thomas is the focus of the Miller Theater composer portrait on Thursday.
