Commentary
The Southern-inflected melee of Harry Crews’ universe is like a Hieronymus Bosch canvas dipped in whiskey and flour and deep-fried.
The Outside the Box Festival going to need much more substance to justify its new 3-figure price tag.
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.
Book Review: “Better Living Through Criticism” — Critical Self-Help
A.O. Scott’s hurrah for criticism should be savored by anyone interested in how we articulate the value of the arts.
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