Commentary
On the whole, 2016-17 is shaping up to be one of the liveliest Boston Symphony Orchestra seasons since the first years of James Levine’s tenure.
So, is the “Gaelic” Symphony an unalloyed masterpiece? I’d argue in the affirmative.
Surely the time has come for a major revival of Night Ride and Sunrise.
Christopher Rouse is a tough composer to pin down and that stylistic unpredictability has, in part, provided his music notable expressive breadth.
Felix Mendelssohn remains one of the West’s most underrated composers.
Both David Bowie and Norbert Stein present distinctive and subtle approaches to the hybridizing of poetry and music.
Bowie the Legendary Rock Star and Bowie the Fashion Chameleon were flashier, bolder, than Bowie the Cinematic Iconoclast.
And yet, for all the violence of his youthful polemics and his unflinchingly-held beliefs, Pierre Boulez was neither demagogue nor ideologue.
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.
Fuse Arts Commentary: Outside the [Pricey] Box Festival?
The Outside the Box Festival going to need much more substance to justify its new 3-figure price tag.
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