Classical Music
Concerts in the past week by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with guest artist James Carter and the Orquesta Sinfónico de Puerto Rico with guest artist Luis Sanz were a cultural festival and a musical feast.
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The album ends up paying dividends, not just for fans and students of 20th-century composition, but for anyone interested in the broader reach and global development of classical music in the last century.
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Though Sibelius’s music has come to define whatever Finnish music is supposed to sound like, he certainly wasn’t the country’s only active, turn-of-the-20th-century composer.
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“Standard Stoppages” is a veritable cornucopia of sounds experienced in multifarious combinations, showcasing a diversity of fresh, inventive, and satisfyingly expressive voices operating at full tilt.
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A new recording of Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 5 from the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Edward Gardner captures much of what makes the composer’s writing in it sound so fresh.
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Both players are long-time friends and recital partners; the pair thrive on tackling big stylistic and musical contrasts that are tied together by performances that were both interpretively thoughtful and technically accomplished.
Read MoreConcert Review: Pianist Daniil Trifonov and Baritone Matthias Goerne Perform Schubert’s “Swan Songs”
For those who love Schubert, this was a memorable occasion indeed.
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First-rate performances, including by a Norwegian orchestra and conductor plus superb international singers, make this one a winner.
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Scribble, smudge, repeat: the passage of time and the emergence and dissipation of information conveys the difficult work of experiencing coherence and retaining memory.
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How our memoirist and the man who shook Mickey Mouse’s hand crossed paths is characteristic of the author’s good fortune and perseverance.
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