Classical Music
The 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.
Read MoreBieito’s vision – even if it’s not quite as racy as advertised – comes off better than any new canonical production of the BLO’s I’ve seen recently.
Read MoreNo doubt many in Saturday’s well-dressed crowd came for the opportunity to hear that most appropriate of gala pianists, Lang Lang.
Read MoreThe disc offers a rewarding look at the work of four local composers and also showcases the members of Radius Ensemble in a warm, winning light.
Read MoreThis is a major Bach town and, judging by this evening, no ensemble performs his music much better than H & H under Harry Christophers.
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The 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll: The Institution Continues