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Babi Yar

Babi Yar

YL Male Voice Choir is one of the leading male voice choirs in the world. The choir was booked twice to perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s Babi Yar in Germany in the spring of 2019. First concerts were given in January in Berlin together with Konzerthausorchester...
The New York Times: The Best Classical Music of 2016

The New York Times: The Best Classical Music of 2016

This has been another year of labor unrest at major orchestras. With the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Fort Worth Symphony all stopping work, at least for a time, it’s easy to take one’s eye away from buds of financial and artistic growth, as...
Symphonic Drama: Rage-Filled Reunion for Slave and His Sister

Symphonic Drama: Rage-Filled Reunion for Slave and His Sister

It’s hard to imagine a more riveting performance of Sibelius’s seldom-heard “Kullervo” than the thrilling interpretation given by the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vanska, its music director, on Monday evening at Carnegie Hall. Sibelius composed that work, his first in...
Soll ich dir den Schlitten zerhäckseln?

Soll ich dir den Schlitten zerhäckseln?

Sibelius’ 1892 uraufgeführte Sinfonie „Kullervo“ op. 7 für großes Orchester, Männerchor, Mezzosopran und Bariton ist ein künstlerisches Monument der Kultur einer „neuen Aufrichtigkeit“. Sie wird selten gespielt, jetzt aber wieder im Konzerthaus Berlin. In der Kneipe...