Premiered simultaneously in Hamburg and Cologne in 1920, Die tote Stadt certainly justified the lofty praise heaped on Korngold in childhood—Gustav Mahler christened him a genius at age 12; a year ...
Nelsons’ reading highlighted the music’s play of light and shadow vividly, the quiet spots in the Symphony’s outer movements ...
Musical expression requires the space between notes and phrases to tell a cohesive story and move the music forward. In their successful Celebrity Series recital on Saturday, mezzo-soprano Jamie ...