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Osvaldo-Golijov

Classical Music Review: Osvaldo Golijov’s “Nazareno”

Nazareno is bright, often joyous, and easy on the ears. That ought to count for something.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Gonzalo Grau, Jonathan Blumhofer, London-Symphony-Orchestra, LSO Live, Nazareno, Osvaldo-Golijov, Simon Rattle’, St. Mark Passion

Concert Review: “La Pasión según San Marco” at Symphony Hall

There’s much in “La Pasión” to like. Composer Osvaldo Golijov’s use of Latin and South American musical forms has been well documented: the piece offers a striking compendium of idioms covering a huge geographical range.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, La Pasión según San Marco, Osvaldo-Golijov, Robert Spano

Opera Review: Osvaldo Golijov’s “Ainadamar” — Killer Arias

By James Marcus At its best, an opera about the death of Spanish writer Federico Garcia Lorca is a tour-de-force. Ainadamar, an opera by Osvaldo Golijov. (Deutsche Grammophon) For most composers, geography is destiny. Even Schoenberg — whose innovations were supposed to release music not only from its tonal prison but from the local idiom […]

By: James Marcus Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: James-Marcus, Opera, Osvaldo-Golijov

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