Boston Baroque’s modern-dress production of Don Giovanni  featured some great singing. The show runs through Sunday at the Huntington. [] The post Boston Baroque Punishes the Rake appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

The Bamberg Symphony under Jakub Hrůša with pianist Lukás Vondráčék brought rewarding playing to familiar favorites for the Celebrity Series on Tuesday. [] The post Bamberg Symphony Rewards Celebrity Series Crowd appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

On Saturday Trinity Church will host a memorial service for its illustrious former music director at 10:00 AM (preludes at 9:30); this promises to be a beautiful and deeply moving celebration of the life of Brian Jones, featuring choral music pre-selected by him, sung by the present Trinity Choir, The Copley Singers, and other Trinity Choir “alumni” from his years as music director, and conducted by the current music director, Colin Lynch. A reception follows in the church’s undercroft. Last November the world of music lost an artist of extraordinary gifts in Brian Ernest Jones, and the larger ..read more

Brilliant accounts of Debussy’s En blanc et noir, Paul Schoenfield’s Café Music, and Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire rewarded the exuberant, self-selected BCMS audience at Jordan Hall on Sunday afternoon. [] The post BCMS Hyper-Expresses appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

by Cappella Clausura Board members Lawson Daves and Martha Hatch Bancroft As Amelia LeClair’s tenure with Capella Clausura draws to a poignant close, the ensemble prepares for a grand finale this weekend: an ethereal rendition of Vespers by Chiara Margarita Cozzolani Accompanied by the celestial harmonies of the H+H Youth Choruses’ Chorus of Sopranos + Altos, this magnum opus promises to enrapture audiences with its resplendent melodies and transcendent beauty. With an ensemble comprised of an organ, gambas, theorbos, and choruses of men and women, the concert is poised to be an unforgettable p ..read more

Brahms hardly springs to mind when one thinks of the Handel and Haydn Society, but this distinguished Boston institution first presented Brahms’s Requiem in 1945 in a concert dedicated to the memory Franklin Delano Roosevelt, recorded it in 1963, and performed it six other times. The past year, for this listener, has been one of sorrow and anguish. I hoped hearing [] The post Behold Brahms appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

Boston University’s Opera Institute production of Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito attracted a strong turnout of students and community members to the Saturday matinée at the Tsai Center. [] The post Institutionalizing <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i> appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

The Apollo Ensemble’s Saturday concert at First Church in Cambridge featured Keila Wakao in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto along with Finlandia and Enigma Variations. [] The post Apollonian Nationalsim appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

David Hoose, a name synonymous with Collage, lifted baton-free hands for remarkable renderings by some of Boston’s finest musicians in a farewell after 33 years as Music Director. [] The post Premieres, Reappearances with Collage appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s evocative and riveting ARCHORA opened Thursday night's BSO concert. After that, Mozart’s 33rd Symphony sounded, well, staidly dated. Hilary Hahn’s intelligent warmth pervaded Symphony Hall with a sagaciously bravura Brahms Violin Concerto. [] The post Stunning Intelligence at Symphony Hall appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more