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Boston Modern Orchestra Project

Classical Music Album Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project Plays John Harbison

A surprisingly moving collection, all of it mightily played and sung by musicians who clearly intuit John Harbison’s musical language.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BMOP/sound, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Dawn Upshaw, Diotima, Gil-Rose, John Harbison

Listening During Covid, Part 7: Celebrating the Diversity of American Music

New CD releases provide splendid performances of remarkable American music, from Barber and Bernstein to recently rediscovered Black composers Florence Price and William Grant Still.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Hand of Bridge, Aaron-Copland, Arthur Farwell, BMOP/sound, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Candide, Carrie Jacobs-Bonds, Florence Price, Irina Meachem, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Kurt-Weill, Leonard Bernstein, London-Symphony-Orchestra, Lucas Meachem, Medea, Ralph Locke, Ricky Ian Gordon, Rubicon RCD, Samuel Barber, Shall We Gather, Stephen Foster, William Grant Still

Classical CD Review: Elliott Carter Ballets

Bottom line: these are excellent performances and a valuable documentation of Elliott Carter’s early work.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Dance, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Ballets, BMOP/sound, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Ellliot Carter, Gil-Rose, Pocahontas, The Minotaur.

Classical CD Reviews: Delibes Ballet Suites, John Williams in Vienna, and John Harbison Concertos

Terrific performances, blazing with color, character, and wonderful technique from Neeme Järvi and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra; John Williams and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra offer considerable pleasure with some misteps; another triumphant release from Gil Rose and the BMOP.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BMOP/sound, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Chandos, Deutsche Grammophon, Gil-Rose, John Harbison, John Williams

Classical Reviews: Boston Modern Orchestra Project plays Harold Shapero, Peter Lieberson’s “Songs of Love and Sorrow,” and Charles Ives’s Complete Symphonies

Discs dedicated to overlooked composers Harold Shapero and Peter Lieberson are well worth your attention. Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra don’t do well by Charles Ives’ final symphony, but the three preceding symphonies fare better.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BMOP/sound, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Charles Ives, Deutsche Grammophon, Gustavo-Dudamel, Harold Shapero, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Ondine, Peter Lieberson, Songs of Love and Sorrow

Opera CD Review: Gunther Schuller’s Splendid 1970 Children’s Opera Gets Its World-Premiere Recording

A Grimm, but not grim, opera about a Fisherman, his Wife, their Cat, and a wish-granting Flounder.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil-Rose, Gunther Schuller, John-Updike, Odyssey Opera, The Fisherman and His Wife

Arts Commentary: 2019-20 Classical Music Preview

I’ve compiled a list of twelve concerts (or concert series) that I think will stand among the future season’s highlights.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Preview Tagged: Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Opera Collaborative, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Musica-Viva, Cantata Singers, Celebrity-Series, Collage New Music, Handel & Haydn Society, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Concerts, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Lexington Symphony, Longwood Symphony, New England Conservatory Orchestras, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera

Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project plays John Corigliano

John Corigliano’s take on goodbyes is, if not exactly bitter, then full of sorrow: few happy memories to be had here.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Music, Review Tagged: Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Eliot Fisk, Gil-Rose, John Corigliano

Classical Concert Review: BMOP celebrates Joan Tower

Above all, Joan Tower’s music doesn’t waste your time.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BMOP, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil-Rose, Joan Tower

Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances and Recordings of 2017

A line-up of concerts, performances, and recordings that, as 2017 draws to its close, I can’t, for one reason or many, shake from my memory.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: A Far Cry, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Christian Tetzlaff, Glass Works, Jacquelyn Stucker, Martha Argerich., New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Pamela Frank, Roomful of Teeth, The Maid of Orleans

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