Jonathan Blumhofer
James MacMillan is one of the few contemporary composers who has embraced elements of the avant-garde and still found a wide audience.
Read MoreMichael Lewin’s new album must surely rank among the most poetic and sensitive Debussy recordings of recent memory.
Read MoreThe truth is that the music of this most politically aware and morally astute of composers needs – and deserves – much wider currency.
Read MoreNight Ferry proves to be an ambitious, absorbing score, filled with music of great color, vitality, and expression.
Read MoreThe BSO had a well-deserved couple of weeks off following their late-summer tour of Europe, and they took some time to regain their sea-legs.
Read MoreWe begin our survey with one of my favorite musical discoveries of the last three years: Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony in E-flat, op. 2.
Read MoreIt’s one of the enduring ironies of classical music that so much of today’s repertoire was written by such a small number of people..
Read MoreEven if it’s a mite inconsistent, Anthracite Fields is a fully deserving Pulitzer winner.
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Rethinking the Repertoire #5: Leonard Bernstein’s “Songfest”
Bernstein’s Songfest is Exhibit A in the argument that American orchestras and conductors need to champion the music of these shores.
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