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Alcina Visits Arlington - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
This weekend’s three MassOpera performances of Handel’s 1735 opera Alcina will have seduced ear and eye with its large cast of excellent young soloists and chorus, in partnership with the able Horizon Ensemble Orchestra, together with absorbing staging and effective sets. Beyond that, the venue prov
More on Alfred Brendel - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
“In music, the connection between intellect and emotion is uplifting and blissful.” (Alfred Brendel)Every one of the last few days, when I wake up, it hits me: the world has lost so much without Alfred Brendel… He was one of the most important, influential pianists and musicians of all time. He was
Aston Magna About to Commence - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
As he prepares for Aston Magna’s 52nd Summer Season in the Boston area and in the Berkshires, Artistic Director Daniel Stepner offers these comments on the programs scheduled for July and August.Two of Thomas Jefferson’s biographers seem to think the self-described “patriarch” is impenetrable as a p
Alfred Brendel Dies at 94 - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Alfred Brendel was the most important performer of the central European piano repertory in recent times, especially of the music of the First Viennese School (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven), and of Schubert, Schumann, and Liszt.His thorough engagement not only with piano playing, but also with compositio
Quartet Novalis Does Jadin and Hensel - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Quartet Novalis made its Boston-BEMF debut in one of Commonwealth Avenue’s nondescript brownstones. The ensemble, composed of current-or-recent Julliard students, came hot off a successful stint as Academy Quartet at the Carmel Bach Festival.
BEMF Suites Ebb and Flood - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
The BEMF Orchestra took us on a river jaunt Thursday evening at Jordan Hall with a pairing of Handel’s Water Music suites with the lesser-known—but certainly not inferior—Water Music suite by Telemann, properly called Hamburger Ebb’ und Fluth (Ebb and Flood).
BEMF Pulled Off Quite a Feat - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Reinhard Keiser’s Octavia (1705)—dazzled us at the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theater on Wednesday. BEMF pulled off quite a feat with Octavia, bringing together the finest in HIP instrumentalists, singers, dancers, costume and stage design to delight us with a three hour opera that felt much shorter.
“Murder, Mayhem, Melancholy, and Madness” - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
“Murder, Mayhem, Melancholy, and Madness” featured songs on the relevant themes drawn from high-Classical and folk backgrounds interpolated with instrumental numbers that blur the line between virtuosic violin music and old-new-fashioned fiddle playing.
Jubilate! Tallis Scholars at NEC - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Joyous outbursts on a Monday night at the conservatory, and Jordan Hall came alive, behind it all, the eminent proponent of Renaissance remembrance, Peter Phillips, Director of The Tallis Scholars—and a welcoming audience clearly at ease.
“It Has Begun!” - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
On June 17, 1825, having processed across town to a mislabeled Breed’s Hill, which had been ornamented with evergreens of various kinds and festoons intertwined with a variety of flowers, the Governor of Massachusetts, President John Quincy Adams, and accompanying worthies partook in exercises and c
A Tale of Two Cities - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
One often discovers something of value almost at the moment that’s it about to become extinct. That’s the case with an NPR series called “More Than Music.” It originates from WAMU in Washington, DC, and is produced and edited by Joseph Horowitz, who’s among the best writers and thinkers about the st
Orchestra Discusses Three Interesting Works - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Periodically, the Orchestra Book Club decides to give a formal public performance of a group of pieces that form an interesting program. Such was the occasion on Sunday at Arts in the Armory Somerville where Stern led performances of three works by composers connected with Boston.
Technique, Tone, and Temperament - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Aljoša Jurinić’s recital in Newton’s Free Library’s Druker Auditorium on May 13th consisted entirely of Chopin’s two mature sonatas. Throughout the performance he produced an unfailing variety of touch and a perpetually singing tone.
“Sounds of the City” - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
The Orchestra Book Club concert of “Music of Boston's Past, Present, and Future” takes place at the Center for the Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave, Somerville on Sunday at 3:00. Details of the concert featuring works of Chadwick, Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee and Yvette Janine Jackson are describe
Hearing and Embracing Chadwick’s Aphrodite - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
“Sounds of the City: Music of Boston's Past, Present, and Future,” The Orchestra Book Club concert on Sunday May 18, 3 pm [Details HERE] features three works: Chadwick's symphonic poem Aphrodite, Hello, Tomorrow by Harvard Professor Yvette Janine Jackson, and Sonata No 1, Op. 25 (1986) by Dianne G
Our Favorite Conductorless String Orchestra Ends Eclipses - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Last night’s Jordan Hall concert invited us to ponder how long three revivals, ranging from poetically intense to divinely silly, and one brilliant new work (sharing the concert title), could earn or retain places on the concert stage.
BPYO Ready For Its Tour - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Under Benjamin Zander’s lapel-grabbing leadership, the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra has, for 13 years, been operating on such an exalted plane, that a critic can safely leave his stopwatch and research scriblings at home and allow himself to absorb the vivid, energetic, sonorous, heartfelt wo
A Concert of Excellent Parts - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
The combination of five splendid musicians and three Beethoven chamber masterpieces for the Foundation for Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts concert almost satisfied my lofty expectations at Jordan Hall last night. The distinguished violinist, Joseph Lin, whom many Boston music lovers may remem
“Decoding Shostakovich”and the BSO Season End With a Bang - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra finished the 2024–2025 season with two of Shostakovich’s greatest works, Violin Concerto No. 1 and Symphony No. 8. It might have seemed an odd program for May, since these are also two of Shostakovich’s grimmest works.
A “Symphony of Mice?” - The Boston Musical Intelligencer
Conductor Jonathan Cohen’s eclectic selection from Viennese composers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout sometimes fronting the Period Orchestra, closed the H+H season last night at Symphony Hall. Repeats Sunday at 3:00pm.