In this city, at least, the worlds of symphony and ballet are separated by no more than a narrow stretch of Grove Street. But they might as well be worlds apart for all the opportunities San Francisco ...

London Symphony Orchestra; Robert Craft, conductor (Koch). Robert Craft’s excellent Stravinsky series reached seven volumes on the Musicmasters label before quietly moving to Koch, where it resumed ...

HOW things are danced will always be important, but the New York City Ballet’s strength lies in the matchless, dazzling diversity of what it dances: its repertory. Sunday, it offered what the company ...

An autism researcher on Kennedy’s initiative to identify a cause, the focus on environmental factors, and the dangers of misinformation. The New Yorker Radio Hour John Seabrook on the Destructive ...

THIS was my first trip to California. I had never wanted to go. Up to the last minute I could not make up my mind whether to give in to the persuasion of a convenient neuralgia and send George ...

Balanchine and Stravinsky’s take on the legend of sun god Apollo shone at Lincoln Center, with Robert Fairchild in the title role and Sterling Hyltin as one of his three muses. Paul Kolnik There’s no ...

This triptych of three Greek myths startlingly revisited offered other dualities, giving him and the Philharmonia the chance to move constantly between heaven, hell and somewhere in between. Each work ...

The New York–based Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has achieved something unique in the world of contemporary classical music performance. There are plenty of chamber orchestras performing without the ...

In times of trouble, when the world seems headed toward disaster, we often turn to mythology to find our moral footing. At the same time, “myth” remains our term for untruths. Welcome to our world.