Commentary
Bernstein’s Songfest is Exhibit A in the argument that American orchestras and conductors need to champion the music of these shores.
James MacMillan is one of the few contemporary composers who has embraced elements of the avant-garde and still found a wide audience.
The truth is that the music of this most politically aware and morally astute of composers needs – and deserves – much wider currency.
I wish I had more thumbs to turn down about Pawn Sacrifice.
Night Ferry proves to be an ambitious, absorbing score, filled with music of great color, vitality, and expression.
We begin our survey with one of my favorite musical discoveries of the last three years: Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony in E-flat, op. 2.
It’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..
We’ll have to wait and see how Andris Nelsons balances things out. But there’s no reason to suspect that Boston’s getting the short end of the stick here.
Film Review/Commentary: “Goodnight Mommy”—We Have Met the Enemy and He is Ours
Two recent horror films know what they are doing: they are intelligent, clever, original, and genuinely disturbing.
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