“It’s not a concert about despair,” observes Joel Cohen, “there’s a lot of festive music in it.”
Blue Heron
Concert Review: Genius Finally Getting its Proper Due — Blue Heron’s “Ockeghem@600”
The first in what is surely going to be Blue Heron’s memorable series of testaments to the neglected brilliance of composer Johannes Ockeghem.
Fuse Concert Review: The Calming Artistry of Blue Heron
Simply put, Blue Heron is one of the best perks of concertgoing in 21st century Boston.
Fuse Concert Review: Blue Heron, A Superbly Classy Renaissance Choir
Blue Heron explores a rarely performed repertoire with a choir made up of sensational soloists.
Classical Music Review: The Sound of Blue Heron — Pleasure Aplenty
Several merits distinguish Blue Heron’s concerts, the most salient being the always-gorgeous singing of this pre-eminent Renaissance vocal choir.
Classical Music Sampler: October 2012
The highlights of the month include appearances by star performers Joshua Bell, Stefan Jackiw, Jorge Luis Prats, and Arabella Steinbacher.
Concert Review: The Song of Songs and Songs of Love in Sixteenth-century Spain
The vocal ensemble Blue Heron closed its season with “a marvelously expansive concept of the divine” in a program of 16th-century Spanish music based on or inspired by the Song of Songs.
Concert Review: An Embarrassment of Vocal Riches — Blue Heron and The Tallis Scholars
It was, for this listener, an embarrassment of riches, even in this early music town. Both groups gave excellent performances of music written at approximately the same time.
Classical Music Sampler: March 2012
This month I am simply listing concerts I expect will be great. My pick of the month is the Boston debut of a new Flute, Viola, and Harp trio, starring instrumental superstars Marina Piccinini, Kim Kashkashian, and Sivan Magen.