Music
Sometimes new music isn’t really new and old music isn’t actually old; the best of it exists on some other plane entirely.
The Boston Conservatory production of Mass was mostly frustrating, but Leonard Bernstein’s score came across very strongly.
A welcome triumph for Hyperion, Bruch, and the Nash Ensemble, but the Oregon Symphony does not do right by Haydn.
The fiery excellence of Handel and Haydn Society’s collective effort made Monteverdi’s epic masterpiece sparkle like a star.
Danilo Brito was a child prodigy who originally began playing both the mandolin and the four-stringed cavaquinho.
For terrific viola playing and some fresh repertoire by familiar names, look no further than Antoine Tamestit’s Bel Canto.
These trio of releases from pianist Satoko Fujii are exciting snapshots of a jazz daredevil in action.
Peter Kuhn, a master jazz improviser, returns after decades away from the music.
Hyperion builds a CD around a superb performance of Amy Beach’s magnificent Piano Concerto.
Music Commentary: Thoughts on the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2017-18 Season
On paper, at least, the upcoming season of the BSO is a bit of a letdown: cautious, unthreatening, comfortable.
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