Author Archive
BPYO brings youthful fire and characterful playing to Bartók showpiece – Mar 11, 2023
There’s no better way for a conductor to mark a birthday […]
Lackluster conducting undermines BSO festival spotlighting black composers – Mar 06, 2023
The Boston Symphony Orchestra doesn’t do festivals often. So “Voices of […]
Levit creates a mesmerizing Beethoven landscape with final three sonatas – Mar 05, 2023
Not all marathons are created equal. Some are rowdy sporting events. […]
Strong cast, evocative score bring Oliver Sacks’ “Awakenings” to operatic life – Feb 26, 2023
Oliver Sacks’ memoir Awakenings has already been adapted as an Oscar-nominated […]
A comforting yet audacious Beethoven Ninth from Zander, Boston Phil – Feb 25, 2023
After nearly two centuries, Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 remains […]
Alexi Kenney takes a daring leap from “Shifting Ground” – Feb 24, 2023
Violinist Alexi Kenney is showing us a possible future of music […]
Zander sees Beethoven Ninth as ideal work to crown 50 years of conducting – Feb 21, 2023
At age 83 and after fifty years as a conductor, one […]
March 22 – Feb 21, 2023
Boston Lyric Opera David Angus, conductor Ryan McKinney, baritone Naomi Louisa […]
New England Philharmonic serves up dances, old and new, in a program of premieres – Feb 20, 2023
Tianhui Ng led the New England Philharmonic (NEP) through a complex […]
Thibaudet serves up a Saint-Saëns rarity to highlight BSO program – Feb 17, 2023
For sheer energetic playing alone, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s concert on […]