Review
1917 was an important year, but perhaps not important enough to justify the sweeping title of the book.
What’s a band of re-orphaned misfits to do? Dance away the pain, obviously.
Francois-Adrien
Michael Gordon’s score for The Unchanging Sea works better as soundtrack than a concert work; Harmonia mundi releases a DVD of William Kentridge’s powerful staging of Alban Berg’s Wozzeck.
This Sunday’s BPYO concert tied together a number of highly personal strands, presenting music connected to two of conductor Benjamin Zander’s mentors — Benjamin Britten and Gustav Holst.
The script offers an indispensable vision of American history from the point of view of African women.
John Corigliano’s take on goodbyes is, if not exactly bitter, then full of sorrow: few happy memories to be had here.
The Oscar-nominated animation shorts are a dark lot this year.
It’s impossible not to be moved by Lauren Gunderson’s elegant, understated writing.
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