Classical Music
Chamber music under Shakespeare’s spell is responsible for one of the high points of the Chameleon Arts Ensemble’s current season.
Two takes on the orchestral music of Prokofiev — one impish and unpretentious, the other revelatory.
The program was a delight, especially for those, like this reviewer, who, for years, have yearned to visit Paris again. Aurally, Skylark flew us there.
Rossini’s one-act opera from 1812 rings fresh changes on a host of comic-opera clichés.
A new recording of Benjamin Britten’s remarkable 1954 opera packs considerable ghostly punch.
Here are some recommendations of concerts with hybrid works coming to the Boston area in the months ahead.
2022 was a year in which hybrid musical forms reached more Boston audiences than ever before. 2023 promises to open even more doors. The Place Between is no longer dangerous territory, a detour, or a side road. It has become a destination in itself.
Part rescue narrative and part comedic superhero story, this production offers a delightful visual and musical adventure.
Hey, any string quartet that has performed and recorded with Chick Corea (in the album “Hot House”) is ok by me.
Music Perspective: The Context of Wadada Leo Smith’s 12 String Quartets
Wadada Leo Smith is among the most prolific composers of string quartets in the modern era, the only Black composer to have written so many, and one of the most adventurous writers of quartets in terms of his notation system and the distinctiveness of his musical language.
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