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Émile Bernard, to his credit, spends much of his life redeeming rather than demeaning his friend.
Sir Mark Elder’s latest traversal of Edward Elgar’s two symphonies supplies orchestral playing of the highest level; Sir Antonio Pappano provides plenty of electrifying moments in a pairing of orchestral favorites.
It’s always fun to hear this mischievous instrumentalist in action.
Almost immediately, this now quarter century old program proved to be a wonderful merger of art and environment, creativity and nature.
Long one of the most-performed French operas, “Le Prophète,” thanks to some splendid performances, feels as vivid and relevant as ever.
This new album from Norma Winstone and Kit Downes is a marvel.
Elizabeth Howard talks to “Swans of Harlem” author Karen Valby and Lydia Abarca, a prima ballerina and one of the Swans, about the forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas.
Themes of class, race, and artistic appropriation reminiscent of “American Fiction” lurk beneath “Crumb Catcher”‘s generic conventions.
“Goyhood” can be larger than life, and its plot is a real doozy, but this isn’t a lightly comic excursion: the religious and social consternations that roil the brothers Belkin are as earnest as they are outlandish.
Happily, the string orchestra A Far Cry has the skill to back up its good intentions with good music.
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