Aaron Keebaugh
Happily, the admirable Horizon Ensemble is championing Germaine Tailleferre’s mesmerizing piano concerto.
The Boston Landmarks Orchestra offered a rousing valediction for a summer season drawing to a close.
By Aaron Keebaugh The point was made: this was not merely a revolt, but a revolution in sound. “It is a big revolt,” King Louis XVI exclaimed after the fall of the Bastille in 1789. “No Sir,” answered François de la Rochefoucauld, “a big revolution.” The events that followed shook France to its very foundations…
The Mercury Orchestra explored nostalgia, via performances of rare Finzi and familiar Respighi compositions.
John Williams’s concert music may be intended to enrich and edify, but there’s always room for a little fandom, particularly on occasions like this. At 93, and after a lifetime of firsts, the composer deserves every accolade.
Music by Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price, John Harbison, and John Williams: this Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert had a little something for everyone.
Played and sung with verve in its New England premiere, “Frederick Douglass” stands as the most significant revival BMOP has undertaken in recent years.
Through story, song, missives, and popular gibes at authority, the Boston Camerata program looked at kings remembered for their great deeds and those commemorated for their bumbling idiocy.
Happily, the composers on this compelling BMOP program were not cowed by tradition.
Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich was both a rebel and a conformist, a fascinating hybrid of courage and cowardice.
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