“As we begin our perennial task of reviewing the year passed, we remember all the moments that have made the year memorable,” writes Michael Rosin on Monday (12/12) at NYC classical radio station WQXR. “Below we have gathered 12 reasons why this is the case in the classical music world.” Among the standout items were the discovery of a lost work by Igor Stravinsky that was given its first performance in 108 years; the deaths of influential conductors and composers Pierre Boulez and Peter Maxwell Davies; James Levine stepping down as music director of the Metropolitan Opera after four decades; strikes that started on the same day by the musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; the release of pianist Daniil Trifonov’s recording of all of Liszt’s etudes; and the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Kaija Saariaho’s opera L’Amour De Loin—the first opera by a female composer at the Met in a century. Several of the items are accompanied by videos or links to complete articles about the events.
Posted December 14, 2016
