Commentary
Some pithy quotes to keep in mind for the New Year.
Read MoreA guide to the symbolic color odyssey that will keep you on your toes if you choose to see Carol more than once (and I’m thinking you will).
Read MoreOf course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.
Read MoreTop of the Hub was one of the very rare places in the country where ordinary folks would bump into jazz every night.
If you’ve recently been mourning the end of the Novel of Ideas—take heart. And dig in, for Submission offers a smorgasbord.
Read MoreTwo recent horror films know what they are doing: they are intelligent, clever, original, and genuinely disturbing.
Read MoreBernstein’s Songfest is Exhibit A in the argument that American orchestras and conductors need to champion the music of these shores.
Read MoreJames MacMillan is one of the few contemporary composers who has embraced elements of the avant-garde and still found a wide audience.
Read MoreThe truth is that the music of this most politically aware and morally astute of composers needs – and deserves – much wider currency.
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Fuse Remembrance: Kurt Masur (1927-2015)
Kurt Masur leaves behind a complex legacy, one that’s not neatly (or easily) summed up by the caricature of a stern, conservative, Old World German maestro.
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