Music
Jason Anick, on violin and mandolin, and Jason Yeager, on piano, showed off just how exhilarating it can be to kick down musical walls.
Simplicity is its genius; some call “Roadrunner” the first punk song for a reason.
In the Piano Concerto, Ferruccio Busoni seemed to want to have the final word in the tradition of the Romantic concerto.
This is music that says things that cannot be said any other way, music that cannot wear its heart on its sleeve.
If there is such a thing as upbeat melancholia, then Jens Lekman has got it down pat.
These are troubling times which make us realize how vital music — especially Bach — is to our souls, to our spiritual wellbeing.
This was a stirring, thought-provoking, and, ultimately, moving reading of Shostakovich’s Seventh Symphony.
On this album, saxophonist Noah Preminger serves up his visceral reaction to the post-election state of affairs.
“My ancestors fled pogroms in Poland and today we have a crisis to rival what went on in the 1940s.”
Music Commentary: New England Philharmonic at 40
Whatever challenges there may be, the enthusiasm of the New England Philharmonic’s leadership is infectious.
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