Music
Kendrick Lamar has produced a scattered album for a scattered time.
Read MoreThere aren’t too many ensembles around that consistently remind us how fresh, rich, diverse, and thought-provoking contemporary can be.
Read MoreViolinist Anne-Sophie Mutter gave a searing, intense reading of the solo part in Nostalghia (In Memory of Andrei Tarkovskij).
Read MoreSo, what is one to make of the BPYO’s weekend effort? It was a bit bold, to be sure. But it was also stirring, heartfelt, and timely.
Read MoreJ.S. Bach has been subjected to every imaginable kind of transcription, but the combination of mandolin, bass, and cello is probably new.
Read MoreMitsuko Uchida is quite possibly the finest Mozart pianist around today, at least among non-period specialists.
Read MoreSometimes new music isn’t really new and old music isn’t actually old; the best of it exists on some other plane entirely.
Read MoreThe Boston Conservatory production of Mass was mostly frustrating, but Leonard Bernstein’s score came across very strongly.
Read MoreA welcome triumph for Hyperion, Bruch, and the Nash Ensemble, but the Oregon Symphony does not do right by Haydn.
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Commentary and Preview: The Shrinking Scene v. Jazz Week and the Thelonious Monkfish Jazz Festival
I try to be optimistic, but it’s hard not to observe that the jazz club scene in eastern Massachusetts is worse than it’s been in decades.
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