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Benjamin Britten

Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “The Rape of Lucretia” — Bravi Tutti

Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s “The Rape of Lucretia” —  Bravi Tutti

The Boston Lyric Opera is mounting a fabulous staging of Benjamin Britten’s visceral opera.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Benjamin Britten, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Susan Miron, The Rape of Lucretia

Classical CD Reviews: Arabella Steinbacher plays Britten and Hindemith and Daniil Trifonov’s “Chopin Evocations”

Classical CD Reviews: Arabella Steinbacher plays Britten and Hindemith and Daniil Trifonov’s “Chopin Evocations”

Hindemith and Britten could hardly have asked for more committed advocates than Steinbacher, Jurowski, and the RSOB.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Arabella Steinbacher, Benjamin Britten, Chopin Evocations, Daniil Trifonov, Deutsche Grammophon, Pentatone, Violin Concerto

Classical CD Reviews: Emerson Quartet plays Purcell and Britten and Mozart in Havana

Classical CD Reviews: Emerson Quartet plays Purcell and Britten and Mozart in Havana

The Emerson Quartet is as restless and curious as ever; pianist Simone Dinnerstein is featured on a treasure of a disc.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Benjamin Britten, Chaconnes and Fantasies, Emerson String Quartet, Henry-Purcell, Mozart in Havana, Simone Dinnerstein

Classical CD Reviews: James MacMillan conducts Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, and Britten and Boston Lyric Opera’s “Clemency”

Classical CD Reviews: James MacMillan conducts Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, and Britten and Boston Lyric Opera’s “Clemency”

Two recent albums feature compositions by James MacMillan, one of Europe’s leading composers, as well as an opportunity to hear him conducting.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Benjamin Britten, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Clemency, Harmonia Mundi, James MacMillan, Nicholas Daniel, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Jazz Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1938-1983

Jazz Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Mavericks, 1938-1983

More composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: Benjamin Britten, Jazz, jazz-influenced piano concerto, JIPC, Piano Concerto, Tobias Picker, William Bolcom, William Schuman

Fuse Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Searing Rendition of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem”

Fuse Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Searing Rendition of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem”

In sum, this was one of those rare concerts in which everything clicked, musically and dramatically.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Benjamin Britten, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, War Requiem

Fuse Classical Music Review: An Inspirational “War Requiem”

Fuse Classical Music Review: An Inspirational “War Requiem”

There is much to commend all participants. The work itself is challenging and asks nothing more than a fully committed heart. This quality was present in abundance.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Benjamin Britten, New-England-Philharmonic, Providence Singers and Chorus pro Musica, Richard-Pittman, War Requiem

Classical Music Review: ‘Turn of the Screw’

Classical Music Review: ‘Turn of the Screw’

Reviewed By Caldwell Titcomb The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) initiated this week what it calls Opera Annex by moving out of its usual venue for its production of Benjamin Britten’s opera The Turn of the Screw. The site chosen was the Park Plaza Castle, built in 1891 as a Boston armory.

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Opera Tagged: Andrew Bisantz, Benjamin Britten, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Caldwell-Titcomb, Henry James, Opera, Opera Annex, Turn of the Screw

Classical Music Sampler: February 2010

Classical Music Sampler: February 2010

By Caldwell Titcomb Feb. 3, 5, 6: The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) stages Benjamin Britten’s “Turn of the Screw,” based on Henry James’ tense ghost story. Conducted by Andrew Bisantz. The singers and production staff are all making their BLO debuts. The Castle at Boston Park Plaza & Towers, 130 Columbus Avenue, Boston. 7:30 p.m.

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Music Tagged: Benjamin Britten, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Caldwell-Titcomb, Exsultemus ensemble, Madame White Snake, Norwegian Student Orchestra, Opera Boston, Renée Fleming, Robert Wooddruff, The Boston Conservatory, The Boston Lyric Opera, The Boston University Tanglewood Institute, The Celebrity Series, The Ludovico Ensemble, Triple Helix Piano Trio, Victor-Rosenbaum, Zhou Long

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