Benjamin Britten
A new recording of Benjamin Britten’s remarkable 1954 opera packs considerable ghostly punch.
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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.
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With its wide-ranging textual and musical materials, this “church parable” stands as one of Benjamin Britten’s most striking creations.
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The Boston Lyric Opera is mounting a fabulous staging of Benjamin Britten’s visceral opera.
Read MoreHindemith and Britten could hardly have asked for more committed advocates than Steinbacher, Jurowski, and the RSOB.
Read MoreThe Emerson Quartet is as restless and curious as ever; pianist Simone Dinnerstein is featured on a treasure of a disc.
Read MoreTwo recent albums feature compositions by James MacMillan, one of Europe’s leading composers, as well as an opportunity to hear him conducting.
Read MoreMore composers who followed their own distinctive paths when they incorporated jazz into their piano concertos.
Read MoreIn sum, this was one of those rare concerts in which everything clicked, musically and dramatically.
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Book Review: “Time’s Echo” — Listening to the Voices of the Past
Jeremy Eichler calls on hearers to engage in “deep listening,” by which he means engaging the mind and heart not just with the music, but also with the historical, cultural, and artistic contexts that gave rise to it.
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