Blue Heron has finished its subscription season with an ambitious Okeghem Weekend which included several concerts and talks across many venues. It comes one year after the completion of the ensemble’s ambition Okeghem@600 project (2015-2023) in which they sang through all of Okeghem’s surviving works. Now that they have completed this monumental task, they will [] 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

After hearing violinist Christian Tetzlaff in Rockport a year ago in a stunning all-solo Bach recital, I vowed never to miss another of his concerts. I had known of him primarily through the many recordings he had made with his longtime friend and pianist, the beloved Lars Vogt who died in September 2022. How does [] 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

Thanks to a commission from the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien, a 70-minute oratorio for chamber ensemble and two singers received it US debut at BC's Gasson Hall on Saturday night. [] The post A Less-Traveled Long Road: <i>O Lungo Drom</i> appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more

Blue Heron is at present very likely the only ensemble in the world to have sung every piece written by the great Johannes Okeghem. Building on this unique expertise, the ensemble will offer a selection of the master’s very best in the context of music by his contemporaries & colleagues at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge on April 13th at 3:00. Tickets HERE. Music Director Scott Metcalfe self-interviews. How did you first dive into the music of Okeghem and why did you want to perform all of his vocal music? What criteria did you employ to determin ..read more

Boston Opera Collaborative staged a concise, bold and refreshing production of Peter Brook’s La tragédie de Carmen at the newly renovated Arrow Street Arts. [] The post De-mythologized <i>Carmen</i> appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer ..read more