Edward Sava-Segal

Measured voices: Brahms with Vengerov and Friends at Carnegie Hall

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United StatesUnited States Isaac Stern Memorial Concert – Brahms, ‘Maxim Vengerov and Friends’: Maxim Vengerov, Vilde Frang (violins), James Ehnes (viola), Daniel Müller-Schott (cello), Yefim Bronfman (piano), Anthony McGill (clarinet). Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, 16.12.2025. (ES-S)

[l-r] Maxim Vengerov, Vilde Frang, Yefim Bronfman, James Ehnes and Daniel Müller-Schott in Brahms’s Piano Quintet © Chris Lee

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The Balourdet Quartet at Carnegie Hall: between memory and imagination

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United StatesUnited States Bartók, Ravel, Brahms, ‘Wildest Dreams’: Balourdet Quartet (Angela Bae, Justin DeFilippis [violins], Benjamin Zannoni [viola], Russell Houston [cello]). Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York, 10.12.2025. (ES-S)

The Balourdet Quartet at Carnegie Hall © Richard Termine

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A return to quiet radiance: William Christie and Les Arts Florissants at BAM

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United StatesUnited States Charpentier: Emmanuelle de Negri, (soprano), Bastien Rimondi (high tenor), Alex Rosen (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of Les Arts Florissants / William Christie (conductor). Brooklyn Academy Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, 7.12.2025. (ES-S)

Conductor William Christie, soprano Emanuelle de Negri and Les Arts Florissants © Richard Termine

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Leon Botstein and the ASO unearth nineteenth-century sacred vestiges

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United StatesUnited States ‘Requiem and Revelation’ – Cornelius, Cherubini: Wendy Bryn Harmer (soprano), Krysty Swann (mezzo-soprano), Eric Taylor (tenor), Harold Wilson (bass), Bard Festival Chorale (director: James Bagwell), American Symphony Orchestra / Leon Botstein (conductor). St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York, 13.11.2025. (ES-S)

Leon Botstein leading the ASO © Matt Dine

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French music, a French orchestra and an outstanding Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall

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United StatesUnited States Various: Daniil Trifonov (piano), Orchestre National de France / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, 9.11.2025. (ES-S)

Cristian Măcelaru leading pianist Daniil Trifonov and the Orchestre National de France © Stefan Cohen

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