“Cowardice is something that does endless damage to life.” That is from Rainer Maria Rilke, collected in Letters to a Young ...

Petr Kotik’s Why Melody? was performed by the S.E.M. Ensemble and guest artists Wednesday night at the Paula Cooper Gallery.

1. Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht. Mahler: Symphony No. 1. Klaus Mäkelä/Royal Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra Love was in the ...

The international group of soloists, all making their Philharmonic debuts, gave strong performances. Kieran White’s warm, ...

The scherzo-like third movement was marked Ballabile, “danceable” (sure, if you’re Baryshnikov), and the Kanneh-Masons ...

Tamino is the straight man against this, with the danger of seeming dull and square. But Portillo’s vibrant tenor, with the ...