Dvořák’s symphony, which followed the Verdi, was performed at the request of BPYO benefactor, and spouse of Ms. Zander, ...

Friday’s rendition used the recurring statements of the row as, essentially, anchors around which the music’s other ...

Pianist Paul Lewis gave a sparkling program of Schubert for his Celebrity Series recital at Jordan Hall on Friday night.

At Mechanics, those came through largely intact. Michael Riesman’s account of the “Opening” featured impeccable rhythmic ...

Boston Classical Review has an opening for a concert reviewer based in the Boston area. Solid knowledge of classical repertory is required as well as excellent writing skills. Classical reviewing ...

“The aspect of things that are most important for us,” Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote, “are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity.” The great philosopher wasn’t speaking of orchestral ...

Brevity, Shakespeare tells us, is the soul of wit. Yet concision needn’t come at the expense of depth, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s shortish program on Thursday night demonstrated. Led by Sir ...

The New England Philharmonic is a talented all-volunteer orchestra. While their passion is undeniable, their resources and scale differ from larger professional ensembles. It’s good to keep this in ...

Though he was a New Yorker who spent his last year in Hollywood, George Gershwin and Boston have an important history. In 1935, his only opera, Porgy and Bess, premiered at what is now the Emerson ...

Take it from Hector Berlioz: organ and orchestra shouldn’t mix. “The organ and the orchestra are both Kings, or rather one is Emperor and the other Pope,” the Gallic master wrote in his Treatise on ...