Music
Nobody, these days, plays the music of the Strauss family better than the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
The BSO’s Shakespeare festival has proven to be the most satisfying extended endeavor yet of Andris Nelsons’ directorship.
The English horn, of course, is no stranger to haunting melodies.
Soul journeyman Lee Fields and the Expressions explore new territory.
This season’s three-week commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – the first such thematic series of Andris Nelsons’ BSO directorship – go off to a compelling start.
I look forward to more collaborations between these two ensembles, who were born to make, as they say, really beautiful music together.
Three new classical music albums: two are superior, one is a bit of a mixed bag.

Music Review/Commentary: David Bowie’s “Blackstar” and Norbert Stein’s “Das Karussell” — When Words Rule Music
Both David Bowie and Norbert Stein present distinctive and subtle approaches to the hybridizing of poetry and music.
Read More about Music Review/Commentary: David Bowie’s “Blackstar” and Norbert Stein’s “Das Karussell” — When Words Rule Music