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Review: A Montreal Orchestra Brings Back Bartok’s Strangeness Arts http://ift.tt/2xc1JYg Classical Music October 20, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- SETH COLTER WALLS Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Classical Music Kent Nagano and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal played his Concerto for Orchestra at Carnegie Hall alongside works by Brahms and Samy Moussa.

Not Just ‘West Side Story’: Celebrating Bernstein’s Symphonies Arts http://ift.tt/2yWVJY6 Classical Music October 20, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- ANTHONY TOMMASINI Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Classical Music In honor of Leonard Bernstein’s centennial, the New York Philharmonic is revisiting his three symphonies, which were often criticized in his lifetime.

Hear the Martha Argerich Recordings That Inspired 8 Young Pianists Arts http://ift.tt/2kZgkoD Classical Music October 18, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- JOSHUA BARONE Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Classical Music Daniil Trifonov, Khatia Buniatishvili and more talented pianists (and one harpsichordist) share their favorite Martha Argerich albums.

Listen to Bach, Transformed for String Quartet Arts http://ift.tt/2xQE6Jq Classical Music October 18, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Classical Music The Borromeo Quartet will perform selections from its transcription of Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier” on Friday at Carnegie Hall.

Review: Leif Ove Andsnes Blazes Out a Rachmaninoff Rarity Arts http://ift.tt/2ymFr9V Classical Music October 13, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- ANTHONY TOMMASINI Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Classical Music The pianist, starting a residency with the New York Philharmonic, played the seldom-heard Fourth Piano Concerto with the conductor Paavo Jarvi.

The Pioneering Modernist Who Wrote an Audacious String Quartet Arts http://ift.tt/2ygV9kE Classical Music October 13, 2017 at 05:00AM Author --- WILLIAM ROBIN Source> -- The New York Times Keywords -- Classical Music Ruth Crawford Seeger created pathbreaking music. But her family’s folk revival legacy has overshadowed her avant-garde compositions.