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Jean-sibelius

Music Commentary: Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto — The Universal Concerto?

Sibelius’s Violin Concerto is almost something of a phenomenon now: in just eight months, I’ve heard it played by three different fiddlers — Baiba Skride, Lisa Batiashvili, and Inmo Yang.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Baiba Skride, Inmo Yang, Jean-sibelius, Jonathan Blumofer, Lisa Batiashvili, Violin Concerto in D minor

Classical Music Review: Norwegian Student Orchestra

By Caldwell Titcomb The Student Symphony Orchestra of Trondheim, Norway, concluded its U.S. tour at Massachusetts Institute of Technololgy’s (MIT’s) Kresge Auditorium on February 26. Celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, the 70-member orchestra was under the leadership of Gavin David Lee, who has been in his post since 1992. The group’s repertory on this […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Music Tagged: Caldwell-Titcomb, Classical Music, Elvind Groven, Finland, Jean-sibelius, Norway, Norwegian Student Orchestra, Student Symphony Orchestra of Trondheim, Sweden

Classical Music Review: Mahler’s ‘Resurrection’ Resurrected

By Caldwell Titcomb Conductor Benjamin Zander celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Boston Philharmonic and his 70th birthday. The two greatest post-Brahms symphonists – Gustav Mahler and Jean Sibelius – were markedly unalike. In 1907 their paths happened to cross in Helsinki, and they had several conversations. When the talk turned to the essence of […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Featured, Music Tagged: Benjamin-Zander, Boston-Philharmonic, Caldwell-Titcomb, Featured, Gustav-Mahler, Jean-sibelius, Music, Ressurrection-symphony

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