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Boston Chamber Music Society

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.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Featured, Music Tagged: Anthony McGill, Arabella Steinbacher, Blue Heron, Boston Chamber Music Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Callithumpian Consort, Celebrity-Series, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Discovery Ensemble, Jorge Luis Prats, Joshua Bell, Musica Sacra, Nareh Arghamanyan, Narek Hakhnazaryan, New-England-Philharmonic, Pacifica String Quartet, Sound Icon, Stefan Jackiw, The Boston Philharmonic, The Callithumpian Consort, The Celebrity Series, The Radius Ensemble

Fuse Concert Review: Boston Chamber Music Society enchants with Ravel and Debussy

Despite the high level of the players, there are things a professional quartet brings to a performance or recording—uniformity of sound and style—that cannot be matched by a group cobbled together and given limited rehearsal time.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Chamber Music Society, Claude Debussy, Ravel, The Hamel Summer Series

Classical Music Sampler: January 2012

Highlights in classical music during January include a visit by the acclaimed cappella group Anonymous Four at the Gardner Museum’s new concert hall, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project performing “Strange Bedfellows: Unlikely Concertos.”

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Featured, Music Tagged: Anonymous Four, Beethoven Chamber Series, Boston Chamber Music Society, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Calderwood Hall, Concord Chamber Players, Contata Singers, Emmanuel Music, Exsultamus, Gardner Museum, The Callithumpian Consort

Classical Music Sampler: October 2011

October offers an embarrassment of musical riches. The Boston Symphony Orchestra, without a music director, is still putting on impressive programs, including several this month.

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Music Tagged: Alisa Weilerstein, Boston Chamber Music Society, Boston Classical Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chameleon Arts Ensemble of Boston, Church of St. John Evangelist, Dame Emma Kirkby, First Monday, Jakob Lindberg, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Kim Kashkashian, Music for Food for Music, New England Conservatory, Sean Newhouse, The Brentano String Quartet, Weilerstein Trio, Yo-Yo Ma

Culture Review: AT MIT, an exhilarating example of 21st-century, multi-media collaboration

It would have been easy to make an entire season out of the ideas the Boston Chamber Music Society compressed into one afternoon; as it is, the wealth of material had the audience buzzing during the two intermissions. Some found the multi-media presentation too much of a good thing. I found it exhilarating and challenging […]

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Books, Classical Music, Featured, Music, Visual Arts Tagged: arts, Boston Chamber Music Society, Culture Vulture, Milhaud, MIT, MIT Music and Theater Arts Faculty, Multi-media, Poulenc, Ravel, Satie, Stravinsky

Classical Music Sampler: May 2010

By Caldwell Titcomb May 1: The month kicks off with an unusual concert celebrating the noted tuba player Kenneth Amis, who joins the MIT Wind Ensemble. Amis will play his own “Concerto for Tuba” (2007), along with the premiere of his “Bell-Tone’s Ring,” and pieces by famous European composers. At MIT’s Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Music, Visual Arts, World Books Tagged: Boston, Boston Chamber Music Society, Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Caldwell-Titcomb, Celebrity-Series, Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Classical Music, Harvard, Masterworks Chorale, Memorial Church, MIT Wind Ensemble, New England Conservatory, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Sanford Sylvan, Spectrum Singers, The Contata Singers

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