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The guest conductor brought vibrancy to Beethoven and presented his own lyrical new work
The New York Philharmonic brought out the piece’s intimate beauty, alongside Beethoven’s Second Symphony
A disappointing display of light and electronics was followed by a gorgeous score by Tania León
The orchestra president has overseen a total renovation of its hall and a bold new season
The conductor led the New York Philharmonic in the first of two programmes, with premieres from female composers
In his debut as music director, the Dutch conductor made a statement of intent with a varied, post-19th-century programme
This Mostly Mozart concert was in fact mostly Beethoven and Schubert but Edward Gardner took it all in his stride
Wynton Marsalis’s The Jungle was followed by a showcase for very young composers
Music director Alan Gilbert’s final concert went from the ridiculous to the sublime
The NY Phil’s music director winds down his tenure with a Wagnerian challenge
Salonen conducted a programme that included Tansy Davies’s concerto for four horns
The orchestra’s London residency was launched with a programme of Bartók and Mahler
Alan Gilbert is a masterly conductor — but the programme and venue were not on his side
Semyon Bychkov leads NY Philharmonic in a series devoted to his favourite composer
Beguiling Schubert, jaunty Weill and strenuous H.K. Gruber — all beautifully played
William Bolcom’s Trombone Concerto was the centrepiece of a modernist programme
The future music director led brisk performances including new work by Julia Adolphe
Tricky pieces by two US composers prompted virtuoso performances on trombone and percussion
A programme celebrating the composer György Ligeti was ambitious but disjointed
Conductor Alan Gilbert strained to achieve coherence from three disparate composers
New York Philharmonic christens David Geffen Hall with a spangling gala and some breakneck Beethoven
In the hall’s intimate setting, Philharmonic players surveyed three disparate challenges for strings
Susanna Mälkki made an imposing New York debut with a programme of Brahms and Jonathan Harvey
In Eötvös’s discourse in dissonance, the lead voices were often submerged by the textural din
The first concert in the orchestra’s five-day residency was dominated by waltzes
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