Music
The intellectual and emotional intelligence of the docket stands as a conspicuous example of exemplary programmatic creativity.
Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Frieze is, without a doubt, one of the major symphonic scores of our century.
To speak with Jörg Widmann is to encounter a mind furiously at work and aware of his craft as viewed through the lens of Western history.
The Lost Songs of St. Kilda is a disc that’s simple but profound, beautiful and enduring.
It is unlikely that any other BSO concert this year will top Thursday night’s performance of Richard Strauss’s opera Der Rosenkavalier.
We’re reminding everyone that fighting corruption and injustice is hard work, but it can be fun as hell too.
Bieito’s vision – even if it’s not quite as racy as advertised – comes off better than any new canonical production of the BLO’s I’ve seen recently.
No doubt many in Saturday’s well-dressed crowd came for the opportunity to hear that most appropriate of gala pianists, Lang Lang.
The disc offers a rewarding look at the work of four local composers and also showcases the members of Radius Ensemble in a warm, winning light.
Country for Old Men is surely going to stand as one of the best, as well as among the most unusual, recordings of the year.
Arts Remembrance: Sonny Rollins, Jazz’s ‘Saxophone Colossus,’ Dies at 95