Classical Music
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Layale Chaker’s new album, “Inner Rhyme,” draws on her Lebanese roots as well as the Western classical path she’s traveled. Source
The latest program in the orchestra’s “Sound On” series offered contemporary pieces related (in a way) to Julia Wolfe’s “Fire in my mouth.” Source
We pick our favorites from a season with an epic amount of birthday boy Beethoven: all the piano sonatas and string quartets, and two symphony cycles. Source
The soprano Christine Goerke and the conductors Gustavo Dudamel, Simon Rattle and Ivan Fischer are highlights of the 2019-20 Great Performers series. Source
A trunk full of sketches for operas like “Aida,” “Otello” and “Falstaff” was kept locked in Verdi’s villa in Italy. It’s finally opening. Source
An opera in Paris, a new oratorio and Leon Kirchner’s birthday were among the highlights. Source
A team in Cremona, Italy, wants to preserve every note from the world’s finest instruments before they become too fragile to play. But perfect recordings need silence. Lots of it. Source
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s latest conducting appearance at the Metropolitan Opera and a newly reissued boxed set of music by black composers were among the highlights. Source
Openly gay performing arts leaders are still rare. So it was a breath of fresh air to chat about coming out and Celine Dion with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his partner. Source
