Classical Music
The BSO’s Brahms’ sounds as robust and responsive as they do when they’re on their best behavior at Symphony Hall.
For all the surface-y beauty of the BSO’s playing, it’s a dull interpretation of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony no. 3.
The Emerson Quartet is as restless and curious as ever; pianist Simone Dinnerstein is featured on a treasure of a disc.
Boston Early Music Festival tossed a bang-up evening of performances on Monday night.
Why do such a high number of significant contemporary composers hail from Iceland?
If George Whitefield Chadwick had been born in, say, London or Munich, he might be better known today than he is.
Sea Pictures offers, frankly, everything one might want in a song cycle: sweeping melodies, evocative scoring, stirring drama and pathos.
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich has an uncanny understanding of what instruments can do and how to showcase them best.
In all, Chorus pro Musica’s production was witty and diverting, timely in spots and smart throughout
Classical Music Commentary: What’s Next for the Boston Symphony? — Lessons from the Past