Classical Music
I look forward to more collaborations between these two ensembles, who were born to make, as they say, really beautiful music together.
Three new classical music albums: two are superior, one is a bit of a mixed bag.
My snoring neighbor left during intermission (he was roused a bit when the musical vigor picked up in the finale of the Mozart).
I urge anyone interested in the voice and or just terrific music to try to attend one of Mirror Visions’ concerts.
This performance of contemporary pieces inspired by Mozart came with a touch of the playfully interrogative.
The Boston Artists Ensemble performance was full of bravado, virtuosity, subtlety, and charm.
Beethoven’s Mass in C is the highlight. Would that the San Francisco Symphony’s performance of the Third Concerto had more electricity.
This is truly exciting, world-beating Beethoven, played with gusto and a kind of musical intelligence that you simply can’t take for granted.
Classical Music Commentary: “Boulez est mort”
And yet, for all the violence of his youthful polemics and his unflinchingly-held beliefs, Pierre Boulez was neither demagogue nor ideologue.
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