“We Shall Not Be Moved” at the Apollo Theater
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) "We Shall Not Be Moved," which played at the Apollo Theater this week following its world premiere at Opera Philadelphia last month, is
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Matthew Aucoin’s “Crossing” at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) The Civil War may have ended more than 150 years ago, yet in many ways our country has never fully recovered. The recent
Preview: Francesca Khalifa and Levi Vutipadadorn on Classical Thursdays
by Nick Stubblefield A church in Bedford-Stuyvesant might not seem like the first place you'd expect to hear classical music, but that's where you can find the Brooklyn Center for the Arts, home
Birds and Music with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – In the summer of 1949, Aaron Copland invited Olivier Messiaen, who at that time was little-known in the U.S., to be a composer-in-residence at Tanglewood, which was just then
NYO2 with Esperanza Spalding at Carnegie Hall
For five years now, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (or NYO-USA for short) has been providing teenagers the opportunity to hone their music skills with
A Berkshires Bounty: Opening Weekend at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – I've been going to Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's longtime home in the Berkshires, almost every summer now for the past two-and-a-half decades. Those that have been to
Fresh Squeezed Opera Presents “Scopes” and “Prix-Fixe”
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) You have to admire the courage of a composer of one-act operas. They probably have a better chance of winning Powerball or
“Three Way,” a Trio of One-Act Operas about Sex and Love, at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) After an American premiere at Nashville Opera earlier this year, the provocative trio of one-act operas, Three Way, with music by Robert
New York Philharmonic Performs “Das Rheingold” at David Geffen Hall
There is little doubt that, after eight years as NY Philharmonic music director, Alan Gilbert has become a better, more assured conductor than when he started. And, through Gilbert's influence