Classical Music
Isango’s Magic Flute/ Impempe Yomlingo is lit by flashes of brilliance. Most can be traced directly to Mandisi Dyantyis’ reorchestration of Mozart’s orchestral score for an ensemble of marimbas.
Read MoreAs they often do in repertoire that doesn’t turn up too frequently, the orchestra responded to the music with heightened sensitivity and attention to detail.
Read MoreSimply put, Blue Heron is one of the best perks of concertgoing in 21st century Boston.
Read MoreThe orchestral playing, a couple moments of questionable intonation notwithstanding, was commanding and, at times, exhilarating.
Read MoreMaurizio Pollini’s Chopin was breathtakingly beautiful, and often downright thrilling.
Read MoreThe BSO played with palpable enthusiasm. Andris Nelsons conducted with characteristic energy. There was, by the end of the evening, certainly, quite a bit about which to be happy.
Read MoreAt least waiting for Andris Nelsons to take over the orchestra is done. And we don’t have to bide too much time before we get to hear more from him: his first subscription series with the BSO kicks off on Wednesday.
Read MoreNothing, until the very end of the opera, is ever settled or, even, as it seems: this is psychological musical drama writ large and graphically.
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Music Commentary: “I’ve neither seen nor heard it, but I don’t like it. (And neither should you.)”: “The Death of Klinghoffer” Meets the Know-Nothing Protest
What we seem to have here is one of the glories of our democracy in action: the blind leading the oblivious; aping distortions and downright falsehoods about the opera.
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