Jonathan Blumhofer
Elgar’s brilliant scoring in his Symphony no. 1 was front and center, in this performance not an end in itself but serving clearly expressive goals.
Read MoreNobody, these days, plays the music of the Strauss family better than the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Read MoreThe big news was the well-deserved Grammy for best orchestral performance that the BSO and current music director Andris Nelsons won .
Read MoreThe BSO’s Shakespeare festival has proven to be the most satisfying extended endeavor yet of Andris Nelsons’ directorship.
Read MoreThe English horn, of course, is no stranger to haunting melodies.
Read MoreThis season’s three-week commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – the first such thematic series of Andris Nelsons’ BSO directorship – go off to a compelling start.
Read MoreThree new classical music albums: two are superior, one is a bit of a mixed bag.
Read MoreMy snoring neighbor left during intermission (he was roused a bit when the musical vigor picked up in the finale of the Mozart).
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Rethinking the Repertoire #6: Felix Mendelssohn’s “Die erste Walpurgisnacht”
Felix Mendelssohn remains one of the West’s most underrated composers.
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