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Jason Moran at Jordan Hall

I have to admit, I was not sanguine at the beginning of this highly anticipated concert by pianist and composer Jason Moran.
"In My Mind"
By JON GARELICK | February 03, 2012

Review: George Li, plus Gidon Kremer and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos with the BSO

Sixteen-year-old Boston pianist George Li is prodigious in more than one way. He's not merely a technical wizard, but a thoughtful and serious musician.
Lightness of being
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | November 04, 2011

Review and Audio: Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum at Boston's Jordan Hall, September 10

Photo credit: LumpBoston, for ClickyClicky, via Flickr. Check out their review here.) He'd been away so long that at the end they would not let...
By Carly Carioli | September 11, 2011

Three pianists, and some impressive chamber music

Three remarkable pianists who couldn't be more different from one another have made some major appearances in the past few weeks.
Prestidigitation
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | July 01, 2011

Adès, Tetzlaff, and Kissin at the BSO; Matthew Polenzani's Schubert

After too many weeks of watching the Boston Symphony Orchestra scramble to replace maestro James Levine, both in Boston and on tour, we finally got a concert that went as planned.
Tempestuous
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | April 08, 2011

Sing, sing, sing!

For opera lovers, the offerings last fall were at best a little thin. But this winter, it seems, everyone's doin' it.
Opera is this winter's warmer
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | December 31, 2010

The Top 10 Classical Music Stories of 2010

The good, the not-so-good, and the departed
The good, the not-so-good, and the departed
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | December 24, 2010

Review: Jonathan McPhee & the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall

Jonathan McPhee is a hard man to keep up with.
Where's the audience?
By JEFFREY GANTZ | December 17, 2010

Cuban and Brazilian imports, plus homeboy Ran Blake

Groove isn't everything, but it'll do.
Groove again
By JON GARELICK | October 29, 2010

Review: Longwood Symphony Orchestra's opening night

Jordan Hall, October 2, 2010
Jordan Hall, October 2, 2010
By JEFFREY GANTZ | October 08, 2010

Fall Classical Preview: The power of music

Here’s my Top 10 list, in chronological order, of some of the season’s most appealing and important classical music events: symphonies, chamber music, operas.
And, we hope, the good health of James Levine
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | September 17, 2010

Boston Modern Orchestra Project at Jordan Hall

"I think that playing the same music over and over again is irresponsible, uninteresting, and somewhat immoral." That's Boston Modern Orchestra Project director Gil Rose...
By webteam | May 26, 2010

Blythe spirit

Leaving the Cutler Majestic after the opening night of Opera Boston’s latest Offenbach, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein , you could see the smiling faces of an audience that had had a good time.
Opera Boston’s Offenbach, Thomas Quasthoff, the BSO, Boston Baroque, and BU’s Sondheim
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | May 14, 2010

David Hoose and the Cantata Singers perform Schütz's "Schwanengesang"

David Hoose and the Cantata Singers conclude their season of exploring the great 17th-century German composer Heinrich Schütz with his swan song, Schwanengesang, which he...
By webteam | May 12, 2010

Jonathan McPhee and The Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Jonathan McPhee and The Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall on May 1, 2010
Northern Lights
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 07, 2010

Boston Baroque with Michael Maniaci + Martin Pearlman

In the 17th century, castrati were like rock stars, but since iTunes hadn’t yet been invented, there’s no socially acceptable way to hear one. Boston...
By webteam | May 05, 2010

Ye gods!

Much beautiful music turns up in the 18th-century operatic form that’s probably most alien to a modern audience.
BLO’s Idomeneo, BU’s Susannah, Garfein’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Zander’s Stravinsky, and Pollini’s Chopin
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | April 30, 2010

Jonathan McPhee and the Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Don’t let this one slip under your radar: Boston Ballet’s redoubtable Jonathan McPhee leading the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 (Inextinguishable)...
By webteam | April 28, 2010

Thomas Quasthoff at Jordan Hall

Great lieder singing is on the bill this afternoon when the fabulous German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff and his accompanist, Justus Zeyen, treat us to songs...
By webteam | April 28, 2010

All you need is love

Outpourings of love have been flooding the Boston musical scene.
Marylou Speaker Churchill memorial, Emmanuel Music’s Haydn/Schoenberg, and more
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | April 23, 2010

Benjamin Zander + the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

We’re eager to hear Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra explain how the three pieces on their final program of the season — Mexican...
By webteam | April 14, 2010

Stefon Harris + the Imani Winds at Jordan Hall

Composer/vibraphonist Stefon Harris is a young jazz star who’s studied classical composition as well as jazz performance. The Imani Winds (flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, bassoon) typically...
By webteam | April 14, 2010

St. Lawrence String Quartet at Jordan Hall

It may have got its start in Canada back in 1989, but the St. Lawrence String Quartet currently resides at Stanford University, where its four...
By webteam | April 07, 2010

Bach beat

Composers John Harbison and Peter Lieberson are big presences this spring.
Lions and lambs
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ | March 12, 2010

David Hoose and the Cantata Singers at Jordan Hall

David Hoose and the Cantata Singers continue their Heinrich Schütz season with a powerhouse concert of music that Schütz wrote (selections from his Cantiones sacrae...
By webteam | March 10, 2010

Jonathan McPhee and the Longwood Symphony Orchestra at Jordan Hall

Jonathan McPhee leads the doctors and medical personnel of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in the kind of imaginative program we've come to expect from these...
By webteam | March 09, 2010

Review; Fred Hersch at Jordan Hall

Photos from Fred Hersch's set at Jordan Hall
Fred Hersch, live at Jordan Hall, February 17, 2010
By JON GARELICK | February 26, 2010

Martin Pearlman and Boston Baroque perform Monteverdi

Four hundred years old and as beautiful as ever, Claudio Monteverdi's sumptuous 1610 Marian vespers, Vespro Della Beata Vergine, gets a birthday outing from Martin...
By webteam | February 17, 2010

Fred Hersch at Jordan Hall

In its lengthy January 31 profile of Fred Hersch, the New York Times Magazine asked what it means to be a gay jazz musician with...
By webteam | February 10, 2010

"Zest For Love" With Laurence Cummings and Handel and Haydn Society Chorus

"Zest For Love" is the title of the latest offering from Laurence Cummings and members of the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus - well, it...
By webteam | February 10, 2010

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