Classical Music
Two recent albums feature compositions by James MacMillan, one of Europe’s leading composers, as well as an opportunity to hear him conducting.
Read MoreThis recording is the first of a partial Shostakovich cycle Andris Nelsons and the BSO are embarking upon.
Read MoreThe great mistake we make as listeners or viewers is passivity. Music deserves and needs our active involvement.
Read MoreGunther Schuller dove into jazz with passionate hunger, in the process dispelling cultural, class, and racial prejudices.
Read MorePowder Her Face proved the perfect capstone to Odyssey Opera’s month-long survey of British (mostly comic) opera: biting, darkly humorous, provocative, and relevant.
Read MoreMarc-André Hamelin, one of the world’s elite pianists, held the packed Shalin Liu Performance Center enthralled.
Read MoreAfter experiencing, in seven days, Monteverdi’s three extant operas and his Vespers of 1610, I am in awe of BEMF and everyone associated with it.
Read MoreThe Boston Early Music Festival’s production of Monteverdi’s final opera, L’incoronazione di Poppea, is not to be missed.
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Classical Music Review/Commentary: BSO / Pianist Kirill Gerstein – Whose America?
The BSO’s Americana concert could only provide four beautiful snapshots of a very complicated landscape.
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