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Herbert Blomstedt returns to conduct the New York Philharmonic performing works by Nielsen and Beetoven Symphony 5 at Alice Tully Hall, 3/3/2022. Photo by Chris Lee

New York Philharmonic – Herbert Blomstedt conducts two Symphonies – Nielsen’s ‘Inextinguishable’ & Beethoven’s Fifth

For this New York Philharmonic concert, the ninety-four-year-old Herbert Blomstedt took on two heavyweight Symphonies, pairing Carl Nielsen’s Fourth, in which the composer expresses “the spirit of life”, with another life-affirming work, Beethoven’s Fifth. Before playing any music, Blomstedt addressed the audience: “The New York Philharmonic and I want to dedicate this concert to the …

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New York Philharmonic – Jeanette Sorrell conducts Handel's Messiah at Riverside Church

New York Philharmonic – Jeanette Sorrell conducts Handel’s Messiah at Riverside Church

The sounds of Handel rang joyously in Riverside Church for this distinguished performance of Messiah led by Jeannette Sorrell. In an impressive New York Philharmonic debut, Sorrell – who founded Apollo’s Fire in 1992 – elicited stylish and agile playing and stirring singing for an evening full of drama and vitality. For most of it, Sorrell kept the …

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Emanuel Ax photo: SONY/ Lisa Marie Mazzucco

New York Philharmonic – Jaap van Zweden conducts Dvořák 7 & Joan Tower’s 1920 / 2019; Emanuel Ax plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto K453

With this program’s opener, Joan Tower’s 1920 / 2019, the New York Philharmonic resumed Project 19, an initiative commissioning nineteen women to compose chamber and orchestra works to celebrate the centenary of the passage of the nineteenth amendment to the US Constitution, which extended voting rights to women. The piece’s palindrome-like title references two years – the …

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