Music
A hell-for-leather approach to Schubert has its drawbacks; for all the sheen of Juan Diego Flórez’s singing, he doesn’t always seem at home in the music.
Read MoreChild Alice is an important addition to the recorded catalogue of major American symphonic music.
Read MoreThe BSO’s performance of the Alpine Symphony had purpose and direction.
Read MoreThe BPYO is as responsive, confident, technically skilled, and emotionally expressive an orchestra as they come.
Read More“The acoustic duo shows are on the edge. It’s stripped pretty naked. It’s as if we were just playing in your living room.”
Read MoreYou could sometimes be halfway into a Bad Plus show before hearing anything like a jazz chord from pianist Ethan Iverson.
Read MoreToninho Horta’s musical signature is distinctive: complex harmonies, subtle but masterful guitar work, and gentle, plaintive vocals.
Read MoreChase’s iconoclastic genre-crossing oratorio proceeds from dark to light, and wins its struggle for transcendence.
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Music Commentary: “Bernstein at 100,” aka Tanglewood 2018
In honor of what would have been Leonard Bernstein’s hundredth birthday, the Tanglewood Festival is pulling out all the stops.
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