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What happens when a dubious scientific experiment yields unexpected results?
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The Smile grew in stature at Roadrunner on Wednesday, the second date of its first U.S. tour. It didn’t take long for the band to flash shades of Radiohead-like intensity.
Read MoreThis concert was the idea of local flutist Julie Scolnik, who is herself a breast-cancer survivor. (It should be noted that this affliction strikes men as well as women.) She was able to get no less a conductor than Sir Simon Rattle, who along with his 77 orchestral players contributed their services without fee. By…
Read MoreIt’s rather melancholy to think that this incarnation of the TMCO will never perform again as an ensemble. Such is the nature, though, of Tanglewood and many summer music festivals.
Read MoreHandel and Haydn artistic director Harry Christophers placed a composer who is familiar, but not always the focus of attention, front and center, and, in the process, reminded us just how good a musician Haydn was.
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Beyond rich allusions to the past, Jeremy Frey and his generation of basket-makers are also creating objects that will leave your eyes spinning.
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Crucially, Blonde lacks a sense of joy. As Marilyn Monroe crumbles into an alcohol and drug haze, this expressionistic version of her life disintegrates into a succession of discomforting, sometimes laughable, scenarios.
Read MoreI can say, without equivocation, that Helen Dunmore’s novel “The Greatcoat” is no “The Turn of the Screw.”
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Although his choice of material doesn’t always work for me, for my money, Kurt Elling is the most important jazz vocalist of the last twenty years.
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Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Setting the Margins
This post is the first of 17 in an ambitious series examining the traditions and realities of classical piano concertos influenced by jazz.
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