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CD Reviews: Ebony Quartet’s “Unheard” and Martyn Brabbins conducts Vaughan Williams

Ebony Quartet serves up a “must-hear” album of music from between the world wars.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Channel Classics, Ebony Quartet, Erich Itor Kahn, Hyperion, Josef Matthias Hauer, Louis Gruenberg, Martyn Brabbin, Otto Jokl? Hans Walter Süsskind, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Unheard

Classical CD Reviews: Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner and Andrew Manze conducts Vaughan Williams

For all the surface-y beauty of the BSO’s playing, it’s a dull interpretation of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony no. 3.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andrew Manze, Andris Nelsons, Anton Bruckner’s Symphony no. 3, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon, Onyx, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Classical CD Reviews: James MacMillan conducts Vaughan Williams, MacMillan, and Britten and Boston Lyric Opera’s “Clemency”

Two recent albums feature compositions by James MacMillan, one of Europe’s leading composers, as well as an opportunity to hear him conducting.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Benjamin Britten, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Clemency, Harmonia Mundi, James MacMillan, Nicholas Daniel, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Classical Music Review: For Those Who Love British Choral Music

The only thing more unforgettable than this sung story of woe was the eloquent singing of Lynn Torgove. Vaughan Williams could have hoped for no better singer or instrumental ensemble. The Cantata Singers. At Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA, January 14. By Susan Miron The history of British classical music is a strange […]

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Music Tagged: David Hoose, Lynn Torgove, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Riders to the Sea, The Cantata Singers

Classical Music Review: Cantata Singers

Laudably, the Cantata Singers music director David Hoose, now in his 28th year at the helm, has chosen to bring forward works not often played, of which there were two on this month’s program. Three other composers were also represented during the evening. By Caldwell Titcomb. In the first major concert by the Cantata Singers […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Caldwell-Titcomb, Cantata Singers, Irving-Fine, Ralph Vaughan Williams

Classical Music: Harvard Summer Chorus & Orchestras

By Caldwell Titcomb Harvard’s two main volunteer musical events of the summer took place on consecutive nights in Sanders Theatre. The Summer Chorus, buttressed by a full orchestra, held forth on Friday, July 30, and the Summer School Orchestra followed on Saturday, July 31. The former was of special significance since the conductor, Jameson Marvin […]

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Music Tagged: Caldwell-Titcomb, Classical Music, Jameson Marvin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Harvard Summer School Chorus, The Harvard Summer School Orchestra

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