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

The Ying Quartet’s return to Shalin Liu, in company with the lively double bassist-composer Xavier Foley, welcomed a full house with an inviting radiance and upbeat good humor. [] The post A Great Augury for Rockport Summer appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

Blue Heron has finished its subscription season with an ambitious Okeghem Weekend which included several concerts and talks across many venues. [] The post Okeghem Weekend appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

The little town of Olive, in upstate New York, about 20 minutes’ drive from my home in Woodstock, barely exists, but one car hear some great pianists thre [] The post Surprising Chamber Music Venue appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

Kuok-Wai Lio performed an all-Schumann concert, comprising works on composers, literature, children, and a woman in the latest Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts event on Saturday. Lio has an astounding resume. The Macau native is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant, career advancement awards and [] The post Schumann’s Many Loves appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

Part Two of the BSO’s “Music For the Senses” brought conversation about a 40 Hz drone and some mostly quiet impressionistic chamber music to an attentive audience last night. [] The post Massaging Brains While Evoking Paintings and Nature appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

This account supplements an earlier review of of the US premiere of Ralf Yusuf Gawlick’s 2022 oratorio, “O Lungo Drom (The Long Road)” at Boston College’s Gasson Hall on Saturday. [] The post Further Down the <i>Long Road</i> appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

Christian Tetzlaff and Kirill Gerstein debuted their  duo for Bostonians at a Jordan Hall Celebrity Series Concert on Sunday. They held his listener enthralled. [] The post A Duo Says Hello appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

On Sunday afternoon at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum the trio touring project, “Diametrically Composed,” displayed a collection of newly commissioned works  rendering depictions of today’s women. [] The post A Mother and an Artist  appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more