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A Far Cry

Classical Concert Review: A Far Cry’s “Flames to Ashes”

Thanks to a blend of compositional technique and solid musical grounding in each of the works, “Flames to Ashes” exceeded easy categorization.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Far Cry, Flames to Ashes

Concert/Stream Review: A Far Cry’s “Emergence” — Typically Eclectic

The Crier’s program pairs three composers one doesn’t always find together. As is likewise the norm with this group and their selections, everything somehow connects – and on multiple levels.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Far Cry, Benjamin Britten, Emergence, Lei Liang, Leoš Janáček

Music Preview: Music as Metaphor — A Far Cry, a Physicist, and a Composer Reflect on “Gravity”

The music swelled as the early universe spun …

By: Eric Fishman Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: A Far Cry, Eric Fishman

Classical CD Reviews: “Visions and Variations,” “Songs From Chicago,” and Giuseppe Sinopoli conducts Beethoven and Ravel

A triumphant disc from A Far Cry, some fresh thinking from Giuseppe Sinopoli and the Israel Philharmonic, and Thomas Hampson, a great purveyor of American song, focuses on Chicago.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Far Cry, Beethoven and Ravel, Cedille, Crier Records, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Helicon, Songs from Chicago, Thomas Hampson, Visions and Variations

Concert Review: A Healing Space — A Far Cry and the Miró Quartet Present “Loss and Resurrection”

This is a sound I’ve never heard before at a chamber concert: over twenty musicians breathing in unison.

By: Eric Fishman Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Far Cry, Loss and Resurrection, Miro Quartet

Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances and Recordings of 2017

A line-up of concerts, performances, and recordings that, as 2017 draws to its close, I can’t, for one reason or many, shake from my memory.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: A Far Cry, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Christian Tetzlaff, Glass Works, Jacquelyn Stucker, Martha Argerich., New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Pamela Frank, Roomful of Teeth, The Maid of Orleans

Commentary: 2017-18 Orchestral, Opera, and New Music Season Preview

Some institutions’ offerings aren’t as challenging as they could be, but there’s a healthy balance between the familiar and new.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: A Far Cry, and Brahms Society Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Bach, Beethoven, Boston Baroque, Boston New Music Festival, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Boston-Musica-Viva, Celebrity-Series, Center for New Music, Collage New Music, Guerilla Opera, Handel and Haydn Society, Lexington Symphony, NEC orchestras, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra

Concert Review: Roomful of Teeth and A Far Cry

Sometimes new music isn’t really new and old music isn’t actually old; the best of it exists on some other plane entirely.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Far Cry, Celebrity-Series, Coloring Book, Law of Mosaics, Roomful of Teeth, Sanders Theatre, Ted Hearne

Music Commentary/Preview: 2016 Fall Orchestral Season Overview

In the six years I’ve now been reviewing for the Fuse, I can honestly say that the 2016-17 season looks to be one of the liveliest in recent memory.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: A Far Cry, Bach Beethoven and Brahms Society Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony, Boston-Philharmonic, Cantata Singers, Celebrity-Series, Grand Harmonie, Handel and Haydn Society, Lexington Symphony, Longwood Symphony, New England Conservatory, New-England-Philharmonic, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra

Classical Concert Review — A Far Cry’s “All-American” Finale

One takeaway from the concert: music can be forward-looking and even provocative without being off-putting and ugly.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Far Cry, All-American program, Anthony Marwood, Derek Bermel, Leonard Bernstein, Mark O’Connor, Philip Glass

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