Fri, March 19, 2010

Classical Music Around the Web

 

A Busy Quiet: Elliott Carter’s Flute Concerto

Posted 1 month, 1 week ago

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Rowe, flute; James Levine, conductor
Music of Schubert, Carter, and Brahms
Symphony Hall, Boston
February 5, 2010

New music by Elliott Carter has, of late, come along at such a clip that hearing it always…

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Christian Tetzlaff Goes It Alone

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Jordan Hall, Boston
January 31, 2010

The solo violin repertoire is pretty extensive, but the solo-and-I-mean-solo violin repertoire—four strings, one bow, no accompaniment—is somewhat less so, which is one of the…

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Deep Focus: James Levine, Back in Boston

Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano; James Levine, conductor
Music of Carter, Berlioz, and Ravel
Symphony Hall, Boston
January 29, 2010

Full-on modernist essay? Check. Carefully selected re-run? Check. Show-offy warhorse?…

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Show and Tell: MacMillan’s St. John Passion

Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Christopher Maltman, baritone; Sir Colin Davis, conductor
MacMillan: St. John Passion
Symphony Hall, Boston
January 23, 2010

James MacMillan’s 2008 St. John Passion had its American…

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Elgar’s Secret Garden

Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago

Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Mozart: Symphony no. 38 “Prague”; Elgar: Violin Concerto
Symphony Hall, Boston
January 16, 2010

Here’s what Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto sounds like:

The…

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