Commentary
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.
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..
Cultural Commentary: After Three Decades, The End of Live Jazz at Boston’s Top of the Hub
Top of the Hub was one of the very rare places in the country where ordinary folks would bump into jazz every night.
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