Thomas Adès’ adaptation of Nanacarrow’s Studies for Player Piano No. 6 led into Hallelujah Junction with tipsy insouciance.
There was something fitting about the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra offering Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 on Sunday at Symphony Hall. It wasn’t just because the sleigh bells at the start of its ...
Nothing was rushed. If anything, the conductor enjoyed lingering over the little details, like the quiet bridge into the ...
One of Handel’s strengths lies in his rich experiences encompassing Europe, from his German heritage to his travels in Italy and eventual naturalization as a British citizen. In an expressively titled ...
Whoever planned the first month of concerts at Symphony Hall this year deserves a pat on the back: rarely, if ever, do four consecutive weeks of programs, and from different artists, hold together so ...
Tis the season for musical marathons, at least in New England. A little more than a week after the Boston Symphony Orchestra wrapped its survey of the complete Beethoven symphonies, the Celebrity ...
There’s madness in love and, as Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Die tote Stadt reminds, there’s madness in death, too. On Thursday night, the Boston Symphony Orchestra brought the composer’s operatic study ...