Boston Landmarks Orchestra
The Boston Landmarks Orchestra offered a rousing valediction for a summer season drawing to a close.
Read MoreBy Aaron Keebaugh The point was made: this was not merely a revolt, but a revolution in sound. “It is a big revolt,” King Louis XVI exclaimed after the fall of the Bastille in 1789. “No Sir,” answered François de la Rochefoucauld, “a big revolution.” The events that followed shook France to its very foundations…
Read MoreMusic by Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price, John Harbison, and John Williams: this Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert had a little something for everyone.
Read MorePerforming with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, dynamic Canadian violinist Adrian Anantawan made music by Piazzolla and Florence Price burn blue hot.
Read MoreConductor Christopher Wilkins and Boston Landmarks Orchestra routinely present serious, challenging programs: but there is always room left for some partying.
Read MoreBy Caldwell Titcomb August 3: The Old West Organ Society presents the award-winning, young organist Jacob Street in a program including works by Buxtehude, J. S. Bach, and Mendelssohn. He will also play music by Jean Langlais (1907-91) and Gaston Litaize (1909-91). At Old West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 8 p.m.
Read MoreBy Caldwell Titcomb July 7: The Church of St. John the Evangelist offers a series of free, late-afternoon Wednesday concerts, now in their fourth year. The July series starts off with a tribute to the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann in the form of two of the greatest song cycles ever written (both from 1840).…
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Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam — Tom Stoppard