Commentary
Top 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.
Two recent horror films know what they are doing: they are intelligent, clever, original, and genuinely disturbing.
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.
Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015
Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.
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