Sunday, February 15, 2015
After several years in the wilderness, it seems that, on the conducting front at last, the BSO is again in good hands.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:13PM[SHARE]Monday, February 2, 2015
The Schumann First formed the capstone to conductor Asher Fisch's conspicuously satisfying Boston Symphony Orchestra subscription series debut program
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:16AM[SHARE]Monday, January 12, 2015
Violinist Yevgeny Kutik delivered a performance of the Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto that mined the piece's subversive character but never shied away from its extroverted nature.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:47AM[SHARE]Monday, January 5, 2015
What one really wishes is that the Seattle Opera's Ring Cycle had been released as a DVD.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:15AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 24, 2014
It's fun to recall what's been played locally since January and be reminded just how rich the greater Boston area's classical music scene really is.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:53AM[SHARE]Feel free to disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc. Above all, enjoy!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:22AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 11, 2014
Tim Page on a generous sampling of Virgil Thomson's best music criticism " trenchant, outspoken, oftentimes delightfully clever, and always assured.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12AM[SHARE]Saturday, November 22, 2014
The conceit of this disc is both nostalgic and old-fashioned.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:16AM[SHARE]Friday, November 21, 2014
With its Opera Annex productions " presenting unfamiliar operas in unconventional performance spaces " Boston Lyric Opera really seems to have found its niche.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:53PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Under Michael Tilson Thomas's leadership, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra's sound has been refined and tightened; its repertoire has grown to embrace American music of all stripes.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:15AM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2014
Saturday's attendance hopefully warms the hearts of the BSO's management. Not only was the house very full, but the assembly also included a healthy proportion of younger heads.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:25PM[SHARE]Monday, October 27, 2014
Quibbles about some characteristics of the new pieces aside, hats off to Richard Pittman and the New England Philharmonic for daring to present a program like this..
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 23, 2014
What we seem to have here is one of the glories of our democracy in action: the blind leading the oblivious; aping distortions and downright falsehoods about the opera.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:37AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 22, 2014
As they often do in repertoire that doesn't turn up too frequently, the orchestra responded to the music with heightened sensitivity and attention to detail.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:38AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 15, 2014
The orchestral playing, a couple moments of questionable intonation notwithstanding, was commanding and, at times, exhilarating.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:37PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 2, 2014
The BSO played with palpable enthusiasm. Andris Nelsons conducted with characteristic energy. There was, by the end of the evening, certainly, quite a bit about which to be happy.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:35PM[SHARE]Monday, September 29, 2014
At least waiting for Andris Nelsons to take over the orchestra is done. And we don't have to bide too much time before we get to hear more from him: his first subscription series with the BS…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:30AM[SHARE]Friday, September 19, 2014
There's a powerful attachment to conventional repertoire among the city's many orchestras, through are there things to look forward to. Here is a guide to what's coming up.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:10PM[SHARE]Monday, September 15, 2014
Nothing, until the very end of the opera, is ever settled or, even, as it seems: this is psychological musical drama writ large and graphically.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:33PM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2014
Worcester Chamber Music Society is a top-notch chamber ensemble based in central Massachusetts, a region not exactly overflowing with resident, headline-grabbing professional classical music…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:29PM[SHARE]Camerata Pacifica does right by John Harbison. And when it comes to Beethoven's music for cello and piano, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov are tops.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:26PM[SHARE]Friday, August 22, 2014
On the surface, this is a deal that lets both sides go forward having saved face, though a closer look at things suggests that the musicians came out ahead.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:07PM[SHARE]Monday, August 18, 2014
Things are going well with Monadnock Music: before Saturday's concert kicked off, managing director Christopher Sink announced that the festival had cleared its financial debts as it heads i…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:34AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2014
For those who got to know the Discovery Ensemble over its truncated life, this was a vital ensemble, one that regularly embodied all that's good about classical music.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 27, 2014
What's clear is that something needs to give and, after nearly thirty-five years of labor-management harmony, it's apparent that the Met's problems start at the top.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:16PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 22, 2014
To judge from the BSO's responsive playing and the audience's enthusiastic responses, director-designate Andris Nelsons can't do much wrong these days. Of course, a decade ago, neither could…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:25AM[SHARE]Monday, July 14, 2014
The emphasis of Monadnock's coming concerts is, quite happily, American music by composers with strong ties to New England. It's hard to imagine a more appropriate place to hear such fare or…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:56PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 9, 2014
The music of West Side Story sounds grippingly urgent and colorful as ever in the hands of one of America's best orchestras and conductors.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:27PM[SHARE]Cuarteto Casals brings out Mozart's playfulness, the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester delivers a solid performance of Dvorak's Sixth, and James Brawn continues to brilliantly play Beethoven's pian…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AM[SHARE]Friday, June 13, 2014
The Commonwealth Lyric Theater has again brought to the fore an underperformed, unfamiliar masterpiece well worth getting to know. Good for them and lucky for us.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 7, 2014
Thanks to CLT's pluck and commitment to underperformed repertoire, Boston audiences have the chance to check out the rarely performed opera "Mozart and Salieri" for themselves.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:45AM[SHARE] 
