The second aria “Per te lasciai la luce” displayed raw drama, the lower rasp of principal cellist Guy Fishman adding to the ...

In Gaspard de la nuit, Cho ably teased out the contrasts between the accompanimental glitter in “Ondine” and its shapely ...

The night’s post-intermission sampling of Ravel and Stravinsky delivered their own fireworks, though of a somewhat more ...

Premiered simultaneously in Hamburg and Cologne in 1920, Die tote Stadt certainly justified the lofty praise heaped on ...

The end of a matter, the writer of Ecclesiastes tells us, is better than its beginning. Though that reality isn’t borne out in every situation, the sentiment largely applies to Beethoven’s nine ...

Not every night does the music of Beethoven conjure the words and sentiments of Mahatma Gandhi, E. M. Forster, and Louis Spohr. Then again, not every evening at Symphony Hall proves so stimulating as ...

Musical expression requires the space between notes and phrases to tell a cohesive story and move the music forward. In their successful Celebrity Series recital on Saturday, mezzo-soprano Jamie ...

The Celebrity Series of Boston presented pianist Yulianna Avdeeva Wednesday evening at Longy School of Music’s Pickman Hall. In her Celebrity Series debut, Avdeeva explored the virtuosity and ...