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 12:13PMThe Schumann First formed the capstone to conductor Asher Fisch’s conspicuously satisfying Boston Symphony Orchestra subscription series debut program
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:16AMViolinist 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 08:47AMWhat one really wishes is that the Seattle Opera's Ring Cycle had been released as a DVD.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:15AMIt’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 11:53AMFeel free to disagree, add to them, come up with your own list, etc. Above all, enjoy!
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:22AMTim 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 09:12AMThe conceit of this disc is both nostalgic and old-fashioned.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:16AMWith 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 05:53PMUnder 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 09:15AMSaturday’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 04:25PMQuibbles 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 10:38PMWhat 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 10:37AMAs 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 09:38AMThe orchestral playing, a couple moments of questionable intonation notwithstanding, was commanding and, at times, exhilarating.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:37PMThe 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 05:35PMAt 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 …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:30AMThere'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 04:10PMNothing, 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 02:33PMWorcester 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 04:29PMCamerata 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 02:26PMOn 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 04:07PMThings 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…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:34AMFor 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 10:54AMWhat’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 12:16PMTo 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…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:25AMThe 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 far…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:56PMThe 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 12:27PMCuarteto 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 pi…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMThe 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 01:35PMThanks 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.
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