Sibelius and Mahler at the NSO
This week’s National Symphony program pairs Sibelius and Mahler, with Christoph Eschenbach conducting. Here’s a debate from the Talk Classical site pitting the two composers against each other as...
View ArticleBeneath Lighted Coffers
Andy Akiho; photo by Aestheticize Media The National Symphony Orchestra’s program this weekend, conducted by Manuel López-Gómez, is titled Rhythms of the Americas. It will include the world premiere of...
View ArticleMason Bates’s Violin Concerto
Here’s my program note on the Violin Concerto Mason Bates wrote for Anne Akiko Meyers, on this weekend’s program with the National Symphony Orchestra: With the Violin Concerto of Mason Bates, this...
View ArticleMichael Tilson Thomas with the National Symphony
Honored to have been able to write the program notes for this weekend’s National Symphony concerts with Michael Tilson Thomas. The program features his own remarkable, unclassifiable Four Preludes on...
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