Randall Goosby mentioned in New York Times’ Best Classical Music Performances of 2023
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Excerpt from Best Classical Music Performances of 2023
By Zachary Woolfe and Joshua Barone
New York Times
Updated December 6, 2023
Last year ended with something approaching normalcy for the performing arts after a long crisis. It turns out, though, it was normalcy with an asterisk: The pandemic may be over, but orchestras and opera companies have emerged struggling with ticket sales, and the cost of goods and labor has spiraled; putting on shows is now more expensive, with less revenue coming in to square the books. These financial challenges notwithstanding, there were abundant musical riches in 2023 — as these favorites, in chronological order, make clear.
Randall Goosby
August was bittersweet at Lincoln Center. The Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra gave its final performances under that name, and its music conductor, Louis Langrée, came to the end of two transformative decades with the ensemble. It was at one of those concerts that the young violinist Randall Goosby made his debut with the group. In a perfect balance of intelligent artistry and showmanship, he brought down the house, prompting a standing ovation in the middle of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and minutes of cheering afterward. Audiences are too quick to cheer these days, but the rock-star greeting he received was entirely deserved.
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