Music
The extremely prolific viol virtuoso Jordi Savall clearly has deep feelings about Celtic music.
Read MoreJavier Perianes proved himself one of the elite pianists of our day, playing with such deep, inward focus.
Read MoreViolinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and conductor Teodor Currentzis are two of the most interesting figures in classical music today.
Read MoreThe Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal programs a lot of new music but that is not the point.
Read MoreSurely the time has come for a major revival of Night Ride and Sunrise.
Read MoreChristopher Rouse is a tough composer to pin down and that stylistic unpredictability has, in part, provided his music notable expressive breadth.
Read MoreFelix Mendelssohn remains one of the West’s most underrated composers.
Read MoreThose assembled at Boston’s Jordan Hall were thoroughly prepared to be enraptured.
Read MoreJason Isbell has got sober, and his songs ring with the urgency of the newly recovered (and newly remarried, to his violinist Amanda Shires).
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Rethinking the Repertoire #9 – Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony
So, is the “Gaelic” Symphony an unalloyed masterpiece? I’d argue in the affirmative.
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