Music
A thoughtfully curated program uncovers surprising connections between George Gershwin and Vienna’s early 20th-century avant-garde.
With Carlos Simon’s “Four Black American Dances,” the Pittsburgh Symphony offers a thoughtful and resonant recontextualization of Dvořák’s Ninth.
Billy Bragg reunion, festival deep cuts, and a weekend of discovery turn MASS MoCA into a communal music feast.
A rich six-disc set documents a fiercely original voice at the height of its powers.
Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic deliver a polished but curiously inert reading of a symphonic powerhouse.
A fierce new cello concerto and adventurous premieres showcase the orchestra’s flair for the elemental.
Jim Windolf’s joint portrait argues that competition between icons did not divide them—it reshaped modern music
Mark Cutler’s community songwriting workshops transform shared experience into collective sound.
Pianist Jonathan Biss and the Brentano String Quartet animated Dvořák, Haydn, and Beethoven with emotional urgency and tonal finesse.
A record crowd for genre-blurring acts, with Geese and Wednesday signaling a shift in the festival’s identity.
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