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The BEMF performed the work in July 2023 in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, to enormous enthusiasm.
The Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich recording of Mendelssohn’s Symphonies doesn’t cast the composer as a radical, but the effort highlights the strengths of his music and finds ways to put distinctive interpretive stamps on several of these scores.
This midsized MFA project is a solid bid for summer foot traffic from the fashionista demographic.
In this book, readers are given a full taste of the lives of three complicated musical artists.
Pianist Marc-André Hamelin demonstrated a total command and control of his materials.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film is consciously frozen paced to the point of parody.
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” — Think “I, Claudius” with monkeys, by way of “Lord of the Rings” and “The Searchers.”
The history of U.S. policy on immigration might charitably be described as shameful.
“I believe folks coming to the theater will have a great time, they’ll learn about the Negro leagues and about a phenomenal woman.”
This powerful documentary is a paean to what was once thought to be the immortal impact of cinema and television, a thoughtful commentary on life’s richness — and its inevitable impermanence.
Classical Music Commentary: What’s Next for the Boston Symphony? — Lessons from the Past