NEW YORK – American Classical Orchestra presents Astronomical in an evening of virtuosity, authenticity, and imaginative programming.
NEW YORK – American Classical Orchestra Performs Bach’s B Minor Mass with Conductor Thomas Crawford leading a glorious, miraculous, and formidable concert expressing and honoring the provenance of Bach’s monumental musical work.
The American Classical Orchestra ascended to the stage before a packed house in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Under the baton of conductor Thomas Crawford, the concert began with Gioachino Rossini’s William Tell Overture (1829). Marvelously performed by the ACO, this work resides in the canon of intensely popular music. It was received by the audience akin to the intense adulation witnessed at its performance at the Paris Opéra in 1929.
The performance of Mozart’s Requiem, K526, was glorious and ecstatic. The sui generis admixture of rich sounds from soloists, chorus, and orchestra was superb. At the same time, the sumptuous luminosity of the famed Lacrimosa was almost more than an emotive listener could process without soulful introspection.
American Classical Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall with period instruments expressed the music’s affektenlehre, mysticism, reverence, and beauty
