Performances
Hampson, Jupiter Quartet eloquent in Adamo premiere, Wolf songs – Apr 27, 2013
The peripatetic baritone Thomas Hampson came to New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall Friday night with a string quartet in tow…
Haitink, BSO offer richly detailed Schubert, Mahler – Apr 26, 2013
Although Gustav Mahler’s scores feature many long and specific verbal instructions, he isn’t known to have written “Contain your enthusiasm”…
Kissin’s recital moves from cool flame to artistic fire – Apr 22, 2013
At about the two-thirds mark in Evgeny Kissin’s piano recital Sunday afternoon, the performance seemed to turn an invisible corner,…
Robison, A Far Cry offer a nocturnal program on a sunny afternoon – Apr 22, 2013
As the sun beamed in the golden Sunday afternoon outside, the Gardner Museum’s Calderwood Hall filled with the sounds of…
BSO program provides musical balm for a city and its victims – Apr 19, 2013
It would be easy for some to be cynical about Thursday evening’s “conductor-less” Boston Symphony Orchestra concert at Symphony…
Dawn Upshaw presents colorful program at Longy School – Apr 18, 2013
Here’s a bulletin: The singers that Dawn Upshaw coaches tend to sing like her.
Tuesday night at the Longy School…
Boston Chamber Music Society serves up a lively array of repertoire – Apr 16, 2013
Though the audience didn’t take up artistic director Marcus Thompson’s invitation to dance in the aisles, the vivid performances from…
Knussen receives honorary NEC doctorate; BMOP concert shows why it is richly deserved – Apr 15, 2013
It was a very good night for Oliver Knussen Sunday at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. Not only did he…
Borromeo Quartet shows its Bohemian bona fides in music of Dvorak – Apr 15, 2013
Locals think of them as Boston’s own, but the Borromeo String Quartet belongs to the world. And with the ongoing…
Sound Icon brings theatrical flair to Fromm-inspired program – Apr 13, 2013
“Music is never pure,” Luciano Berio wrote in 1960. “It is attitude. It is theatre.”
If that is the case,…
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