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After several years in the wilderness, it seems that, on the conducting front at last, the BSO is again in good hands.
The King of Second Avenue’s one-joke shtick wears out long before the end of this 90-minute musical.
Daisy Hay turns her sharp yet sympathetic eye on Mary Anne and Benjamin Disraeli, whose marriage seemed unlikely at the start but which grew into something not only strange but, even in modern terms, amazing.
What Oscar Wilde was peddling in America was beauty. Art for art’s sake. Gorgeous flowers. Ravishing colors.
Oh, to be a lead character in a Borzage movie. You might expire during the final dissolve into “The End,” but man oh man, you will have loved. And you will have been loved.
A country maverick talks about becoming a bluegrass traditionalist.
This post is the first of 17 in an ambitious series examining the traditions and realities of classical piano concertos influenced by jazz.
Gumshoes in Tap Shoes, a dance noir with ’60s big-band music from the likes of Henry Mancini, is an ambitious project.
A Most Violent Year is nothing if not intense.
Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Who Cares?
The media tools now available have brought us closer than ever to getting the amusements we want as soon as we want them, which puts all forms of art music at a serious disadvantage.
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