Music
For poet Philip Levine, music is not only a good thing in life: the good things in life are music.
Read MoreMusically, everything clicked in Boston Musica Viva’s annual Family Concert.
Read More“You can be certain that when the show begins and you hear “Mack the Knife,” the choreography will suggest scenes of slashing and murdering.”
Read MoreThroughout the night, CpM music director Jamie Kirsch kept tempos lively and never lost sight of the overarching shape of each of the evening’s big pieces.
Read MoreMax Bruch’s music is smart, strong, crafty, and, often, quite endearing.
Read MoreBob Brookmeyer’s great contribution was to make it seem as though anything is possible — and permissible –in the big band context.
Read MoreOn the occasions that Bob Weir and Phil Lesh performed as a legitimate duo the concert attained some of its more transcendent peaks.
Read MoreFrom a compositional standpoint, too, Chamber Dance is an example of Tower at her engaging best.
Read MoreThe music on Accent’s album is lovely and the singers render the arrangements with skill and commitment.
Read MoreTheir combined sound, made by two nested pianos, their lids off, aided and abetted by Jordan Hall’s superb acoustics, was irresistible.
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