BWW Review: Brian Stokes Mitchell at SF Symphony
Performer Brian Stokes Mitchell speaks of his desire to uplift his audience by adding character to his music.
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BWW Review: GRADUATE SINGERS – NATIVITY Points The Way Towards Christmas
Sixty singers under the direction of Karl Geiger, made a suitably strong and joyful noise in Nativity.
BWW Review: Vivaldi's CATONE is a 'Hot Mess' - and a Great One from Opera Lafayette
On paper, Vivaldi's 1737 opera seria CATONE IN UTICA--involving a confrontation between Cato and Caesar--seems a big mess: The music from the first act is missing and musicologists can't agree what the third act should look and sound like, leaving Act II to make or break a performance of the opera.
BWW Review: BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY II
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony closes its 25th Anniversary, 2015 tour at San Francisco's Davies Hall this weekend.
BWW Review: Wondrous TALES OF CHRISTMAS by Mario Frangoulis
I had the opportunity to chat with international singing star Mario Frangoulis the other day, and it was a simply delightful experience.
BWW Review: STEVEN ISSERLIS & ROBERT LEVIN Entrance at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
In the memory of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Steven Isserlis and Robert Levin proved faultless, performing the first of two all-Beethoven programs at Boston's prestigious Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
BWW Review: KAUSHIKI CHAKRABORTY'S SAKHI Graces at Zankel Hall
The classical music of India encompasses all of the subtle and blaring complexities of modern life in continuity with millennia of cultural tradition.
BWW Review: INDONESIA PUSAKA Rejoices at Weil Recital Hall
Indonesia Pusaka is a largely Jakarta-based ensemble comprised of eight folk dancers and twelve classical pianists.
BWW Review: BRAD MEHLDAU Improvises at Zankel Hall
After nearly 300 years, with all of the epochal invention and revolutionary soundscapes to emerge from Western music, Bach is still heard with increasing relevance.
BWW Review: A LULU of an Evening at the Met with Soprano Petersen in the New Kentridge Production
Who or what is Lulu, the eponymous character in Alban Berg's landmark opera? Is she saint or sinner? Femme fatale or victim? Put-upon or mistress of her own fate? Whatever else she might be, she is fabulous in the hands of German soprano Marlis Petersen, as the center of William Kentridge's vibrant,
BWW Review: The Diva Out-Divas the Diva in the Met's TOSCA
The title character in Puccini's TOSCA is the quintessential diva--a grand performer ('goddess' in Italian) who thinks the world revolves around her, particularly when it comers to her lover, painter Mario Cavaradossi.
BWW Review: Westerville Symphony Presents an Exquisite PAIRINGS: AN EVENING OF WINE AND MUSIC
In continuing its commitment to bring the highest quality of classical music and music education to Central Ohio, the Westerville Symphony presented PAIRINGS: AN EVENING OF WINE AND MUSIC at The Medallion Club on November 6.
BWW Review: Live from New York - It's the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition Winners
The recital at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall on October 24 by the winners of the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition was like an “amuse bouche”--a gift from the chef at the start of a meal at a fine French restaurant to tickle your tongue.
BWW Review: Electrifying ELEKTRA from Goerke, Nelsons and the Boston Symphony at Carnegie Hall
One thing you should know about Richard Strauss's ELEKTRA: When it's done right, the audience works itself into a fever pitch and—after the orchestra has played the final notes—it stands and screams its head off.
BWW Reviews: BRAHMS (AND MORE) NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC at David Geffen Hall
For the last century, the three B's of classical music have been Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, and their catalogues remain the programming bedrock of most symphony orchestras around the world.
BWW CD Review: Judith Clurman Conducts in the Holiday Spirit
Two splendid holiday CDs with her acclaimed vocal ensemble
BWW Review: RON CARTER QUARTET Walks at Regattabar
There's a powerfully resonant, special quality to the lifelong oeuvre of a jazz master, such as in the inimitable example of bassist Ron Carter.
BWW Review: The Miami Symphony Orchestra
The Miami Symphony Orchestra opens for its 27th year in a row with 80 worldwide musicians playing both old and new melodies.
BWW Reviews: MICHAEL FEINSTEIN'S A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES Brings Nostalgia with the Pasadena Pops
The Pasadena Pops held their final event of the summer at the Los Angeles Country Arboretum and Bontanic Garden on September 12, 2015.
BWW Review: MAESTRO AMJAD ALI KHAN & SONS Mesmerizes at Orpheum Theatre
There are other paths in this world than the clearest, largest, and most trod.
BWW Review: A DANTE CELEBRATION IN MUSIC Celebrated The 750th Birthday Of Dante Alighieri
This special concert to honour Dante Alighieri took place in Elder Hall at the University of Adelaide.
BWW Review: LEGEND OF ZELDA, SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES Thunders into PPAC
Going to see a symphony play songs from video games may seem like an odd way to spend an evening, but ZELDA--SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES, works surprisingly well, and creates a powerful experience both for fans of the video game or fans of classical music.
BWW Review: VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Revels at Bard on the Beach
Mozart isn't exactly casino music.
BWW Review: THE BEST OF BRITISH Presented A Mix Of Well Known And Obscure Works
This enjoyable Sunday afternoon concert was entitled The Best of British, featuring the RCS Ensemble
BWW Review: René Barbera Strikes Another Harmonious Chord for SDO
Anticipation has kept Facebook and Twitter buzzing