Reviews

Jason Victor Serinus - May 1, 2023

The latest recording release from the New York Festival of Song spotlights tenor Joshua Blue and the American activist tradition.

Michael Zwiebach - April 30, 2023

The choir’s concert brings together some of the pieces these singers are most associated with, including one motet they’ve performed 130 times.

Steven Winn - April 25, 2023

Luxuriously cast, expertly directed, and conducted with fiery abandon by Richard Egarr, the show made the case for Handel’s fifth Italian opera.

Rebecca Wishnia - April 25, 2023

The composer’s First Symphony outshines a new concerto by Outi Tarkiainen and Wynton Marsalis’s Blues Symphony.

Richard S. Ginell - April 25, 2023

Jessie Montgomery’s appealing, resourceful L.E.S. Characters has a happy premiere alongside Charles Ives’s pastoral Symphony No. 3.

Lisa Hirsch - April 25, 2023

The Norwegian group sings spiritual music from ancient to modern with its usual exquisite touch.

Richard S. Ginell - April 18, 2023

With high-energy gestures, Payare brought excitement, lighting a fire under the orchestra.

Jim Farber - April 18, 2023

Concerts from Jacaranda and the Hear Now Festival show a broad spectrum of musical possibilities.

David Bratman - April 18, 2023

Founding Music Director Emily Ray’s last subscription concert with the ensemble is a courageous and enjoyable affair.

Iris Kwok - April 17, 2023

The famous ensemble, disbanding later this year, leaves a fantastic final impression on tour in California.