Classical Music
After all these many decades I am still deeply moved by Yo-Yo Ma’s playing, which combines irresistible charisma and generosity of spirit.
Read MoreFor recorded sound, for brilliance of orchestral execution, and for interpretive concept, Janowski is one of the 21st century’s best Wagnerians.
Read MoreConductor Benjamin Zander and his band were at their collective best performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6.
Read MoreThis was a fascinating program conducted by someone that the BSO will hopefully put (firmly) into their rotation of distinguished guest conductors.
Read MoreThe BMOP’s opening concert featured the group succeeding at an important part of its mission: to perform unfairly overlooked American music.
Read MoreThe intellectual and emotional intelligence of the docket stands as a conspicuous example of exemplary programmatic creativity.
Read MoreMark-Anthony Turnage’s Frieze is, without a doubt, one of the major symphonic scores of our century.
Read MoreTo speak with Jörg Widmann is to encounter a mind furiously at work and aware of his craft as viewed through the lens of Western history.
Read MoreThe Lost Songs of St. Kilda is a disc that’s simple but profound, beautiful and enduring.
Read MoreIt is unlikely that any other BSO concert this year will top Thursday night’s performance of Richard Strauss’s opera Der Rosenkavalier.
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