The first concert of the Worcester Chamber Music Society augured a promising start for the ensemble’s seventh season.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:57PMOn the whole, then, there’s quite a bit to look forward to in orchestral performances this coming season.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:39AMThere are plenty of classic recordings of the "Siegfried-Idyll" and "Metamorphosen" already, but here’s one more – and it also includes a rollicking Schumann with which you can’t go wr…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:27AMThe greatest obstacle H&H faces in building new audiences, though, is far more insidious than too many period ensembles in town: it has to do with time.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:56AMOne can’t really go wrong with any of the individual concerts, but below are a few highlights released between August 1st and September 2nd. All are available for purchase on the Boston Sy…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:19AMThe classical music season promises to start out strong, with performances from A Far Cry, Itzhak Perlman, and the Claremont Trio.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:15AMIt’s rather melancholy to think that this incarnation of the TMCO will never perform again as an ensemble. Such is the nature, though, of Tanglewood and many summer music festivals.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:32PMHere is Tanglewood live and uncensored, as it were, with music often thrillingly brought to life by some of the hallowed legends of the BSO’s storied past: Koussevitzky, Monteux, Munch, Le…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:45AMAugust is a rich month for festival finales around New England.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:32PMAfter several years of frustrating cancellations and artistic challenges, Tanglewood and the Boston Symphony Orchestra seemed to be saying that there’s still much to celebrate. And they we…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:46AMThe overall prognosis for the Boston Symphony Orchestra is good. While there remains room for growth and improvement both artistically and financially, the Orchestra has the advantage of a s…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:31PMThe Boston Symphony Orchestra’s (BSO) residency at Tanglewood begins with an all-Beethoven concert on July 6th and runs through August 26th (when it concludes with a John Harbison premiere…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:29AMOrango is one of the tantalizing “what might have been’s” of musical history: a biting social commentary on Soviet society on the fifteenth anniversary of the October Revolution, writt…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:39AMFar from being a down month, June marks the start of New England’s summer classical music season.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:00PMUltimately, there’s a “look at my technique” quality to composer Lewis Spratlan's writing in this piece that doesn’t match the musical content and that seems to be striving to be all…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:20PMMr. Hammer played Bach’s Sonata in G minor energetically and sensitively, drawing out composer's long melodic phrases with appealing grace. Ms. Graveline made a strong accompanist, clearly…
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