The Indie Singer-Harpist Who Met the Orchestra
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Joanna Newsomâs Brooklyn concerts this week are an individual milestone.
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The music composer was in the US for his concert.
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A survey of Messiaenâs organ music performed by Gail Archer is sure to be among the yearâs highlights, to judge by the initial installment on Sunday afternoon.
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From the first sips of champagne at Symphony Hall to the last bites of chocolate mousse at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, James Levine&#39;s debut as Boston Symphony Orchestra&#39;s music director last night was a tasteful event.
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Ms. Varnay never achieved widespread public recognition, but to opera buffs and insiders, she brought distinctive qualities to her work.
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This concert of new experimental folk music at Carnegie Hall used about 25 musicians working as a large cast, with instrumentation constantly changing. Amazingly, it worked; the show felt almost windborne.
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Natalie Dessay thrived under pressure, singing the touchstone title role of Donizettiâs âLucia di Lammermoorâ in a new production to open the Metropolitan Operaâs season on Monday night.
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The people behind the musical âFrankensteinâ â not to be confused with the Mel Brooks âFrankensteinâ on Broadway â want to clear up some of the misconceptions about Mary Shelleyâs book.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra's 105th season will open as planned this week with guest soloist Renee Fleming rather than the sounds of silence once feared from a labor dispute.
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There is not always agreement between the piano and the voice in Schubertâs song cycle âDie SchÃ¶ne MÃ¼llerin.â
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The Philadelphia Orchestra's 105th season will open as planned this week with celebrated soprano Renee Fleming singing works by Wagner, Strauss and Dvorak rather than the silence once feared from a labor dispute.
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The pianist has become famous for high invention at low volume, which was difficult to showcase against a drummer from a much busier and louder aesthetic universe.
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Her husbandsâ music is what made them unforgettable. But her side of the story, for all its slick packaging and hopeless platitudes, is worth hearing too.
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Can one orchestraâs audacious experiment save classical music?
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Droll, perceptive comments from composer Sir Harrison Birtwistle set up the experience of hearing his complex instrumental and vocal works.
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Playbill - The cast and crew of the Shaw Festival&#39;s new production of Jerry Herman&#39;s Mack and Mabel got a surprise visit by the Tony Award-winning songwriter June 21.
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An obscure composerâs grand plan to transform a bridge into an orchestra is slowly taking place upstate.