Music
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, and film that’s coming up this week.
The latest LP from the dream pop band Candy Claws turns out to be its most profound and impressive statement to date.
The name of the band itself comes from a tune by the most “classical” of all jazz bands, the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, visual arts, and film that’s coming up this week.
But Mr. Ho’s Brian O’Neill had another idea. What if he took the very inauthenticity of the original music as a motive for putting together things that were never meant to go together originally? Like Bach’s Toccata and Fugue with a Balkan beat?
This attractive, inexpensive box set dedicated to Claudio Abbado contains a rich gathering of lucid, colorful recordings, among the most accomplished modern performances of symphonies that are absolutely central to the repertoire.
It’s a pity Witold Lutoslawski’s music isn’t turning up on more orchestral programs in the U.S. this season and next – Benjamin Britten seems to be the centennial birthday boy of choice.
Fuse Commentary: The Boston Globe Disses The Lowell Folk Festival
In 2011, the Boston Globe characterized the Lowell Folk Festival as “a celebration of diversity.” This year, the floundering newspaper isn’t interested in celebrating anything but itself.
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