Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s new work about an ambitious minister’s rise in the 1980s is that rarity in contemporary music: an original story.
Category: Classical Music
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Book Review: ‘Seeing Through,’ by Ricky Ian Gordon
In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.
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Lincoln Center’s Audiences Deserve Music Worthy of Them
When listeners were given the power to program an orchestral concert, the results were surprising.
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Serge Koussevitzky Bent Music History to His Will
Serge Koussevitzky, a prolific commissioner born 150 years ago, made his mark not only on the Boston Symphony Orchestra, but also on American music.
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The ‘Converse Conductor’ Fighting Elitism in Classical Music
Jonathon Heyward wears sneakers onstage and embraces genres like jazz as part of his effort to bring more people into the concert hall.
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At Salzburg Festival, a Polarizing Composer Brings Artists Together
A concert series at the Salzburg Festival, along with other events, will celebrate Arnold Schönberg’s 150th birthday and bring his music to new audiences.
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New York Philharmonic Chief Abruptly Steps Down
Gary Ginstling, the orchestra’s president and chief executive, is leaving after just a year on the job.
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A ‘Simpsons’ Joke Comes True for Cypress Hill
The famed California hip-hop group played with the London Symphony Orchestra — 28 years after The Simpsons dreamed up the collaboration.
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At 75, the Aldeburgh Festival Is Bigger Than Benjamin Britten
The coastal festival, founded by the composer and Peter Pears in the 1940s, has built a reputation for rich, forward-looking programming.
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Tanglewood Opens for the Summer, With Change in the Air
The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave its first concerts of the Tanglewood season, which is already showing signs of its new leader’s ambitions.
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A Lost Masterpiece of Opera Returns, Kind of
The Aix Festival is presenting a new version of “Samson,” a never-performed work by Rameau and Voltaire, two of France’s most important cultural figures.