Maazel and Bronfman Light It Up
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Many years ago, my colleague Fred Kirshnit said that a concert had started with the “obligatory opening modern piece.” I immediately shortened this to “OOMP.” Well, Friday afternoon’s concert by the New York Philharmonic had an OOMP — and it was a better-than-average one.
It was “Rhapsodies” for Orchestra by Steven Stucky, an American who teaches at Cornell. His piece was jointly commissioned by the Philharmonic and the BBC Proms.
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