Critic's Notebook
Andrew Norman’s ‘Play,’ a Symphony That Levels Up
The work has taken on an otherworldly reputation, and has been acclaimed by critics as among the finest compositions of the century.
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Photo CreditChristian Charisius/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Review: The First Concert at the New Elbphilharmonie in Germany
After years of delays, the hall in Hamburg opens with a concert spanning 400 years of classical music history.
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Photo CreditGeorge Salisbury Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips on the Band’s New Left Turn
The rock band, which co-produced much of Miley Cyrus’s latest album, has a new one of its own, “Oczy Mlody.”
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Photo CreditKrista Schlueter for The New York Times The Playlist: Calle 13’s Residente Goes Globe-Trotting and Slowdive Cruises Back
The new songs that caught our pop critics' attention this week, from FKA twigs to Diet Cig.
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Photo CreditNoah Fecks Coming to the Met: ‘Carmen,’ and a Soprano’s Family Recipes
Maria Agresta, who will sing Micaëla, will have a role elsewhere on opening night: Her family’s recipes will be featured in the Grand Tier Restaurant.
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Photo CreditMarijan Murat/picture-alliance/dpa, via Associated Press Requiem for a New Metropolitan Opera Production
The Met said to save money it was canceling Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” by the director Calixto Bieito, and would have concerts of Verdi’s Requiem instead.
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Photo CreditRichard Termine for The New York Times Review: Strangers and Familiar Friends of Classical Music
Two concerts, two extremes: Stephanie Chase and Sara Davis Buechner offered pieces seldom heard; the New York Philharmonic trod beloved but well-worn paths.
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Photo CreditHolger Kettner A Long Party of Concerts to Celebrate Anton Bruckner
The conductor Daniel Barenboim prepares a cycle of Bruckner’s symphonies for Carnegie Hall.
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Photo CreditKrista Schlueter for The New York Times Classical Music in NYC This Week
Our guide to the city’s best classical music and opera.
