BOSTON CLASSICAL MUSIC NEWS COVERAGE
The latest news on performances of Classical Music in Boston.
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project And Record Label BMOP/sound, Launch Online Radio Station
by Alexa Criscitiello - May 20, 2019
Known as the nation's foremost label launched by an orchestra and devoted exclusively to 20th and 21st century music, BMOP/sound today announced the debut of BMOP Radio, its own commercial-free, 24/7 online streaming radio station broadcasting the label's entire catalog of 75+ recordings. ...
Newton's New Philharmonia Presents Quintessentially American
by Alexa Criscitiello - April 08, 2019
Newton's New Philharmonia Orchestra, led by Associate Conductor Jorge Soto, will present Quintessentially American, its second family concert of the 2018 19 season. A program inspired by Leonard Bernstein's Young Person's Concert, the concert will take place Sunday, April 28th at 3 p.m. at First Bap...
Boston Baroque Presents Monteverdi's L'incoronazione Di Poppea Featuring Soprano Amanda Forsythe
by Alexa Criscitiello - April 01, 2019
Boston Baroque presents Monteverdi's final opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, on Friday, April 26th at 7:30pm and on Sunday, April 28th at 3pm at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall. These will be the first performances of a new performing edition of the opera by Boston Baroque founder and Music D...
Violinist In Mo Yang Joins Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra In Program Feat. Wagner, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, And Mahler
by Julie Musbach - March 06, 2019
The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Benjamin Zander, returns to Symphony Hall on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. to perform a program inspired by the title Mahler gave to the last movement of his Third Symphony, 'What Love Tells Me.' 23 year old violinist In Mo ...
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Announces 40th Anniversary Summer Concert Season
by Julie Musbach - March 01, 2019
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival (CCCMF) announces the celebration of 40 years as Cape Cod's premiere presenter of summer chamber music with its 2019 summer season, presenting 12 compelling concerts from August 1 through 23, 7:30 pm, at locations throughout the region. The Festival is programmed und...
Boston Symphony Orchestra Returns to Carnegie Hall for Two March Concerts
by Julie Musbach - March 01, 2019
The Boston Symphony Orchestra returns to Carnegie Hall this March for two back-to-back programs in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. In an all-Richard Strauss program on Tuesday, March 19 at 8:00 p.m., music director and conductor Andris Nelsons and the BSO are joined by world-renowned soprano Rene...
Boston Philharmonic Performs All-Beethoven Concert Continuing Maestro Zander's Legacy
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2019
The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), led by founder and conductor Benjamin Zander, presents an all-Beethoven program with three performances today, February 14, 2019 at 7:00pm and Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 3:00pm at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, and on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at ...
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project Ends Its Season With Works By John Corigliano
by Alexa Criscitiello - January 25, 2019
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, celebrates the rich, unusual, and widely celebrated work of composer John Corigliano. Led by Artistic Director and Conductor Gil Rose, BM...
Cantata Singers Presents 'Primosch, Bartók, And Pärt' On Today
by BWW News Desk - January 25, 2019
Cantata Singers season continues today, January 25, 2019 at 8pm in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall with a program of music by James Primosch, Bela Bartok, and Arvo Part....
BPYO Presents Britten And Holst, Plus Schwanter's New Morning For The World, Narrated By Deval Patrick
by Julie Musbach - January 16, 2019
The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (BPYO), led by conductor Benjamin Zander, performs three works showcasing the mastery of the colors and virtuosity of a modern large orchestra on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Symphony Hall....
Boston Philharmonic Performs All-Beethoven Concert Continuing Maestro Zander's Legacy
by Alexa Criscitiello - January 10, 2019
The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), led by founder and conductor Benjamin Zander, presents an all-Beethoven program with three performances on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 7:00pm and Sunday, February 17, 2019 at 3:00pm at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University, and on Saturday, February 16, 20...
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra Presents An Afternoon Of Chamber Music
by Julie Musbach - January 07, 2019
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra (CCCO), the region's newest professional orchestra, presents a winter concert An Afternoon of Chamber Music, on Sunday, February 17, 3 pm, at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 533 Main Street, Rt. 28, Harwich Port. A reception follows the concert with an opportunity to meet ...
Cantata Singers Presents 'Primosch, Bartók, And Pärt' On January 25
by Julie Musbach - December 18, 2018
Cantata Singers season continues on Friday, January 25, 2019 at 8pm in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall with a program of music by James Primosch, Bela Bartok, and Arvo Part....
Handel and Haydn Society Adds Three New Principal Musicians to Orchestra
by Julie Musbach - December 17, 2018
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced the addition of three new principal musicians to its Orchestra. Emi Ferguson joins the orchestra in the principal flute position, Heather Miller Lardin joins in the principal bass role, and Jonathan Hess joins as the principal timpanist. All three musicians...
Handel And Haydn Society And Museum Of African American History Present The Seventh Annual Jubilee Day Concert
by Alexa Criscitiello - December 05, 2018
The Handel and Haydn Society and the Museum of African American History once again present the Jubilee Day concert. A signature event of Boston's First Night celebration, this free concert will take place at the historic Trinity Church in Boston's Copley Square on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 1:00 p...
BMOP Performs Rushdie's HAROUN AND THE SEA OF STORIES
by Julie Musbach - December 03, 2018
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, presents the Boston premiere of Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Charles Wuorinen with libretto by James Feon, based on the novel by Salm...
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra Launches Composer-In-Residence Program
by Paul Smith - November 27, 2018
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra (CCCO), the region's newest professional orchestra, announces the launch of a Composer-In-Residence program, now accepting applications for its 2019-20 season. CCCO is nearly halfway through its inaugural performance season under the leadership of founding music director/c...
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra Presents Farewell To 2018 Benefit Concert
by Alexa Criscitiello - October 30, 2018
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra (CCCO), the region's newest professional orchestra, presents its winter benefit concert Farewell to 2018, on Sunday, December 9, 3 pm, at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 533 Main Street, Rt. 28, Harwich Port. Ticket sale proceeds benefit the Fostering a Dream Fund of Cape ...
Pilgrim Festival Chorus Presents Carols For The 21st Century
by Alexa Criscitiello - October 29, 2018
Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region's principal community chorus, presents its holiday season concert, Carols for the 21st Century, on Saturday, December 1 at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, December 2 at 4:00 pm, at St. Bonaventure Parish, 803 State Road, Plymouth. The chorus is conducted by Co-Artistic...
South Shore Conservatory Concerto Competition Named For Beloved Teacher, Mentor
by Julie Musbach - October 25, 2018
South Shore Conservatory (SSC) announces that, thanks to a generous donation from The Herzfelder Family of Westwood and Cohasset, its annual concerto competition has been named the HuiMin Wang Youth Concerto Competition....
Boston's Choral Collective Presents Two Fall Concerts
by Alexa Criscitiello - October 23, 2018
In two performances, Triad: Boston's Choral Collective presents the concert program Love is the every on Saturday, November 17, 8 pm, Melrose Highlands Congregational Church, 355 Franklin Street, Melrose, and Sunday, November 18, 8 pm at Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, 155 Powderhouse Boulevard...
BMOP Continues Season With Vijay Iyer, Matthew Aucoin, Jennifer Koh And More
by Julie Musbach - October 22, 2018
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, presents the concert's eponymous Trouble written by Indian-American composer Vijay Iyer featuring Korean-American violinist Jennifer Koh,...
Handel And Haydn Society To Perform Beethoven Emperor Concerto
by Alexa Criscitiello - September 25, 2018
The Handel and Haydn Society continues its 2018-19 Season with a concert featuring Ludwig van Beethoven's celebrated masterpiece, Piano Concerto No. 5, popularly known as the Emperor Concerto, as well as Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 9 in C Major, known as the Great Symphony. Performances will take ...
Cantata Singers Opens 55th Anniversary Season With 'Bach And Harbison'
by Julie Musbach - September 19, 2018
Cantata Singers 55th season begins on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 8pm in New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall with J.S. Bach's cantata BWV 140, "Wachet auf," and the first complete performance of John Harbison's Sacred Trilogy....
BMOP Begins New Season With Premieres By Mackey, Meltzer And Lash
by Julie Musbach - September 10, 2018
The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the nation's premier orchestra dedicated exclusively to commissioning, performing, and recording new orchestral music, begins its 23rd season with Time Release: a one-night-only concert of orchestral music headlined by the American premiere of Steven Macke...
