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CityMusic Chamber Concert: Batonless Beethoven Come to this concert and you will see...an empty podium? Yes! CityMusic Chamber Orchestra is going “democratic” with no conductor, encouraging artistic input from every player. The group “will be more like a giant chamber ensemble, where we are all in touch,” describes Concertmaster Laura Hamilton. Experience the iconic sounds of Ludwig van Beethoven’s First Symphony, plus “Starburst” by acclaimed young American composer Jessie Montgomery and two Romantic romances performed by Grammy-nominated violinist Te...

<br>His friend Mahler called him a genius, but there’s little in this recording – fine though it is – of Rott’s first symphony to persuade us of that

Over the past week at David Geffen Hall, the New York Philharmonic’s overhauled home, I’ve listened from the new block of seating behind the

The BBC’s 100th birthday gift from its Symphony Orchestra was Iain Farrington’s jaunty tribute, plus a scientific curiosity, a noble Elgar and an edge-of-your seat Sibelius finale

After a major renovation, the acoustics throughout David Geffen Hall are strikingly consistent — but complicated.