Classical Music
The music was so extraordinarily pleasant and well performed that the two-hour production breezed by.
As a composer, Gunther Schuller’s legacy is complex and has yet to be settled. Sorting through it all will constitute a great, welcome adventure.
Andris Nelsons drew playing from the BSO that reveled in Alban Berg’s sense of color and musical drama.
The biggest takeaway from the evening was the superb quality of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra’s playing.
A bewitching South African version of Bizet’s opera — performed with a distinctive blend of spunk and sass.
If you like good, smart singing, tenor Jonas Kaufmann’s Nessun Dorma:The Puccini Album disc is for you.
By any measure, this is an impressive orchestra, as technically accomplished as any number of professional ensembles, domestic and international.
“This is JETHRO TULL!, expressed proudly in bold terms. And then ‘the rock opera,’ said in an embarrassed whisper.”
Soprano Elizabeth Watts’ voice is as clear as crystal in every musical context and texture.
Rethinking the Repertoire #5: Leonard Bernstein’s “Songfest”
Bernstein’s Songfest is Exhibit A in the argument that American orchestras and conductors need to champion the music of these shores.
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