Night After Night

Writing, a blog, and a newsletter. By Steve Smith.

Philadelphia Orchestra

  • Scotch snap.

    The Philadelphia Orchestra with Vadim Repin at Carnegie Hall, and Making Music: James MacMillan at Zankel HallThe New York Times, March 4, 2011 Cristina Zavalloni…words fail. So here’s some video from a 2008 Budapest performance with Louis Andriessen.

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  • Divine madness.

    Fritz Wunderlich and Hubert Giesen perform Schumann's Dichterliebe. "Getting to Know Schumann Again, with Some Favorites"The New York Times, December 17, 2010 Here's another of those occasional roundups in which the classical-music critics of The New York Times pick their favorite recordings to represent this or that composer: here, Schumann, whose 200th birthday was celebrated

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