Identity is an elusive quality among today’s symphony orchestras. Whereas orchestras were once home-grown, populated by players largely from within […]
The Prague Philharmonia Bring Their Music – and Musicianship – to Carnegie Hall Read Post »
It must bug the bejeezus out of the big-budget U.S. orchestras to hear over and over again that The Cleveland
The Cleveland Orchestra Returns to Carnegie Hall with Mozart and Shostakovich Read Post »
Great music exists all over this country: from the northern plains, to southern California, and everywhere in between. Cross a
“For me, (Ravel’s) music works the most when you do less.” – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet 2025 is the 150th anniversary of the birth
Joana Mallwitz In perusing the schedule for my upcoming Tanglewood visit this weekend, I came across a name I wasn’t
A Word About Women Conductors Read Post »
LENOX, MA – Amidst the whirlwind of activity last weekend at Tanglewood, it would have been easy to miss another,
Gabriela Ortiz Widens the Scope at Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music Read Post »
LENOX, MA – One of the things that's most satisfying about Tanglewood, the longtime summer home of the Boston
A Weekend of New (and not so new) Music at Tanglewood Read Post »
"In my end is my beginning." – T.S. Eliot Things are looking up at the NY Phil. It would be
A Season-Ending Crescendo with Gustavo Dudamel and the New York Philharmonic Read Post »
Credit: Kate Milford "Peter was a master of his craft." – Philip Glass (Juilliard classmate) Despite the occasional overbearing
Peter Schickele Is Fêted (Up) at the Society for Ethical Culture Read Post »
