Rather, it was the fact that this is music that takes the long view and does so with a mix of unobtrusive charm and ...
The dedication of soloist Joélle Harvey and H&H was evident in showcasing the innate charm of Handel’s works, his tunefulness ...
The night’s post-intermission sampling of Ravel and Stravinsky delivered their own fireworks, though of a somewhat more ...
“Age is an issue of mind over matter,” Mark Twain reportedly said. “If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Whether or not Herbert Blomstedt shares Twain’s philosophy, the 97-year-old maestro’s stage ...
“Age is an issue of mind over matter,” Mark Twain reportedly said. “If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Whether or not Herbert Blomstedt shares Twain’s philosophy, the 97-year-old maestro’s stage ...
The end of a matter, the writer of Ecclesiastes tells us, is better than its beginning. Though that reality isn’t borne out in every situation, the sentiment largely applies to Beethoven’s nine ...
In Gaspard de la nuit, Cho ably teased out the contrasts between the accompanimental glitter in “Ondine” and its shapely melodic phrases. So, too, the eerie plays of light and shade in “Le Gibet.” His ...
Musical expression requires the space between notes and phrases to tell a cohesive story and move the music forward. In their successful Celebrity Series recital on Saturday, mezzo-soprano Jamie ...
There’s madness in love and, as Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Die tote Stadt reminds, there’s madness in death, too. On Thursday night, the Boston Symphony Orchestra brought the composer’s operatic study ...