Some institutions’ offerings aren’t as challenging as they could be, but there’s a healthy balance between the familiar and new.
Sep 132017
Apr 122017
The fiery excellence of Handel and Haydn Society’s collective effort made Monteverdi’s epic masterpiece sparkle like a star.
Sep 142016
In the six years I’ve now been reviewing for the Fuse, I can honestly say that the 2016-17 season looks to be one of the liveliest in recent memory.
Jan 102016
The upcoming season is a remarkably robust one in terms of the variety of offerings and the quality (and number) of participating ensembles.
Sep 242015
It looks to be as rich, intense, and, hopefully, rewarding a season as we’ve seen in recent memory.
Sep 192014
There’s a powerful attachment to conventional repertoire among the city’s many orchestras, through are there things to look forward to. Here is a guide to what’s coming up.
Feb 252013
Handel and Haydn artistic director Harry Christophers placed a composer who is familiar, but not always the focus of attention, front and center, and, in the process, reminded us just how good a musician Haydn was.
Nov 112012
Handel & Haydn Society captured all of this and then some with a vigorous, focused performance that was a marvel of controlled fury.
Sep 112012
The greatest obstacle H&H faces in building new audiences, though, is far more insidious than too many period ensembles in town: it has to do with time.
Apr 012012
April is an unusually excellent month for Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts — a promisng match up of programs and conductors.