Day: December 3, 2019

Remembering Mariss Jansons, the esteemed Latvian-born conductor who died last weekend, with some of the most memorable recordings made with the three orchestras with which he was most closely associated: the Oslo Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra of Munich.

noon-3 p.m. EST
1500-1800 UTC/GMT
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Beethoven: “Egmont” Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Mariss Jansons
(RCO Live)

Bartók: “Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta”
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Mariss Jansons
(RCO Live)

Enescu: “Romanian Rhapsody” No. 1
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
(BR Klassik)

Sibelius: “Finlandia”
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
(BR Klassik)

Debussy: “La Mer”
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Mariss Jansons
(RCO Live)

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E flat major
Oslo Philharmonic/Mariss Jansons
(Warner Classics)

Rossini: “La gazza ladra” (“The Thieving Magpie”) Overture
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam/Mariss Jansons
(RCO Live)

Haydn: Symphony No. 104 in D major (“London”)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
(Sony Classical)

Stravinsky: “The Firebird” Suite
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons
(BR Klassik)

After a false start four years ago, the New York Philharmonic and Lincoln Center have launched a $550 million project to rebuild the orchestra’s venue, David Geffen Hall, long derided as a cavernous space with mediocre acoustics.

The new plan calls for extension of a terraced stage into a hall with about 2,200 seats (500 fewer than the present capacity) surrounding the stage, all seats less than 100 feet from the orchestra. Deborah Borda, the philharmonic’s president, says the reconfiguration will produce “a much more real, visceral reaction” of listeners to performances.

The projected completion date is March 2024, The New York Times’ Michael Cooper and Robin Pogrebin report (the picture is an artist’s rendering of the redesigned hall):