I don’t know how everyone at Avery Fisher Hall can just sit there and not bang their head. Lorin Maazel conducting Lynn Harrell through Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto #1 and the New York Philarmonic through Shostakovich’s Symphony #5?!?!? I mean, come on! This stuff is hard-freaking-core.
Jordan Hoffman is a New York-based writer and film critic working for The Guardian, Vanity Fair, Thrillist, Times of Israel, NY Daily News and elsewhere.
He is the host of ENGAGE: The Official Star Trek Podcast, a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and challenges you to a game of backgammon.
