BOSTON'S PREMIER ONLINE ARTS MAGAZINE
A reflection on the whole tradition of combining longish narrative poems to music, especially for performance in a concert hall by large forces (e.g., singers and orchestra).
The Lost Songs of St. Kilda is a disc that’s simple but profound, beautiful and enduring.
An album of Brahms lieder from two musicians in their prime: Christoph Eschenbach and Matthias Goerne.
Classical Music Commentary: Poetic Narratives in the Concert Hall, and a New Recording of Dvořák’s “The Spectre’s Bride”
A reflection on the whole tradition of combining longish narrative poems to music, especially for performance in a concert hall by large forces (e.g., singers and orchestra).
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