Classical Music

Concert Review: Junction Trio Journeys Through the Demanding Sonic Terrain of John Zorn

October 1, 2025
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The Junction Trio offered the coolest show in town — an afternoon of experimental music that highlighted their virtuosity as individual players and as a unit.

Classical Music Album Review: Estonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo Järvi Celebrate the Music of Arvo Pärt

September 28, 2025
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Arvo Pärt’s ubiquity in concert halls and on disc for much of the last fifty years suggests that he’s got plenty to say to our cultural and historic moment.

Classical Music Album Review: Composer Havergal Brian — A Less Than Robust Musical Harvest

September 27, 2025
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Across his career, British conductor Martyn Brabbins has used his bully pulpit to bring to light all sorts of deserving, unfamiliar repertoire, including the music of compatriot Havergal Brian.

Concert Review: Horizon Ensemble Polishes a Neglected Gem by French Composer Germaine Tailleferre

September 23, 2025
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Happily, the admirable Horizon Ensemble is championing Germaine Tailleferre’s mesmerizing piano concerto.

Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam, Christoph von Dohnányi (1929-2025)

September 13, 2025
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Christoph von Dohnányi was a rare breed: a truly great artist whose mind never rested and whose standards never settled.

Classical Album Review: The Complete Dunbar/Moore Sessions

September 8, 2025
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Baritone Will Liverman is emerging as a musician with a capital “M,” one whose thoroughgoing approach to the craft is singularly illuminating, inviting, and affecting.

Classical Album Review: Anna Clyne’s “Abstractions”

September 6, 2025
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That composer Anna Clyne is a gifted miniaturist is evident in “Abstractions”, a set of five movements offering musical commentary on the works of five contemporary visual artists.

Concert Review: Boston Landmarks Orchestra Closes Its Season with Its First Ever Performance of Mahler’s First Symphony

September 1, 2025
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The Boston Landmarks Orchestra offered a rousing valediction for a summer season drawing to a close.

Classical Album Review: “Shostakovich Discoveries” — Music That Fell Through the Cracks

August 26, 2025
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This collection of ten items by the Soviet-era great manages to be more than a parade of mere curiosities.

Concert Review: Boston Landmarks Orchestra Explores Revolutions in Sound

August 25, 2025
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By Aaron Keebaugh The point was made: this was not merely a revolt, but a revolution in sound. “It is a big revolt,” King Louis XVI exclaimed after the fall of the Bastille in 1789. “No Sir,” answered François de la Rochefoucauld, “a big revolution.” The events that followed shook France to its very foundations…

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