CLASSICAL MUSIC RECAPS - PAGE 1

BWW Reviews: BMOP Presents Reza Vali's TOWARD THAT ENDLESS PLAIN

Iranian composer Vali's concerto for Persian ney and orchestra debuts on CD with two of his Persian folk song cycles. Soloists Khosrow Soltani and Janna Baty, with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Tempesta di Mare's GREAT BOOKS Program is One for the Books

Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone save their audience some reading time by letting them enjoy the musical versions of several literary classics. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Piffaro Goes BACK BEFORE BACH at 2013 Philadelphia Bach Festival

The fourth concert of the 3013 Bach Festival presented the forerunners of J.S. Bach -- Praetorius, Lassus, Melchior Franck and Bach's own family. (more...)

BWW Reviews: SHOW BOAT Rolls Along at Washington National Opera

SHOW BOAT is back in an appealing production by the Washington National Opera. The Kennedy Center Opera House is a fitting berth for Captain Andy's Cotton Blossom and the happy/troubled show folk who ... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Peter Nero and the Philly Pops Time Travel at PIFA to Swinging Sixties Spy Movie Music

The PIFA time travel theme took the Philly Pops to the birth of the James Bond film franchise... and beyond (more...)

BWW Reviews: Bach Festival Society Teams Up with Orlando Ballet to Create CARMINA BURANA

CARMINA BURANA ran from April 12-April 14th at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre. It was by far the best theatrical experience bringing together two of Orlando's best. CARMINA BURANA featured Orland... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Cleveland Orchestra's Exhilarating CARMINA BARANA

The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and the Children's Chorus and three soloists combined to perform Orff's masterpiece, CARMINA BURANA, for four sold out performances. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Celebrates the Fall of the Berlin Wall at PIFA

The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn, the Mendelssohn Club, and the Center for Emerging Visual Art paid tribute to one of the great events of modern history dur... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Bernstein's MASS at Penn State a Monumental Undertaking and a Giant Performance

The fiftieth anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture was celebrated in style with a major production of the celebrated (and sometimes excoriated) 'theatre piece' (more...)

BWW Reviews: World Premiere of Michael Daugherty's REFLECTIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI

On March 24, Philadelphia Orchestra principal tubist Carol Jantsch and the Grammy-nominated Temple University Symphony Orchestra presented the world premiere of Daugherty's new concerto to a receptive... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Emanuel Ax in Recital of Beethoven and Chopin Through Gretna Music

Noted pianist Emanuel Ax delighted the audience at Leffler Performance Center in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania with his performance of the 'Pathetique' and other works (more...)

BWW Review: Utah Symphony's DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? is Sublime

Utah Symphony recently presented the sublime "Do You Hear the People Sing: From Les Mis to Miss Saigon" concert at Abravanel Hall. (more...)

BWW Reviews: New York Philharmonic Presents a CAROUSEL You Never Want to Get Off

Musically, 'Carousel' is by far the most intelligently written and sophisticated of the entire Rodgers and Hammerstein canon. The story and some of the lyrics may betray just a hint of datedness, but ... (more...)

BWW Reviews: HAIRSPRAY Concert with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - One for the Ages

It was a night to remember when John Waters narrated the story of Hairspray to a sold-out crowd at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Utah Symphony's BALLROOM WITH A TWIST Sparkles and Shines

In Ballroom with a Twist at Abravanel Hall, the Utah Symphony sparkled and its guest artists (culled from TV reality competitions) shined. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Rich Ridenour Warms Dearborn with a Night at the Oscars in GREAT MOVIES, GRAND PIANO

It may have only reached 10 degrees outside the Michael A. Guido Theater in Dearborn Friday night, but inside, the stage was as hot as it gets! Special guest artist Rich Ridenour conducted the Dearbor... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Capital City Men's Chorus Spreads Christmas Cheer with THE YULE OF COOL

Back in September, I sang the praises of Austin's Capital City Men's Chorus, saying "This group is polished, professional, hungry to be heard, and just as good as their counterparts in other cities su... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Andreas Scholl at the Ware Center, Lancaster

Famed German countertenor Andreas Scholl and Israeli pianist Tamar Halperin performed works from Scholl's new song/lieder CD at the Ware Center, Lancaster, on December 5. (more...)

BWW Reviews: HGO's THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS Sparkles with Rib-Tickling Whimsy

Houston Grand Opera is performing Gioachino Rossini's splendid, humorous, and simply delightful L'italiana in Algeri or THE ITALIAN GIRL IN ALGIERS for the first time. Even knowing that comedic operas... (more...)

BWW Reviews: HGO's Splendid, Opulent LA BOHÈME is an Immaculate Production

Houston Grand Opera is opening its 2012-2013 season with a lavish and fresh production of one of the world's favorite operas, LA BOHÈME by Giacomo Puccini. The familiar opera tells the story of four b... (more...)

BWW Reviews: San Francisco Opera's New CAPULETS AND THE MONTAGUES is Breathtaking

Vincenzo Bellini's opera based on "Romeo and Juliet" does not follow the traditional Shakespeare plot, so it seems appropriate that the San Francisco Opera production, too, should veer away from tradi... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's 2012 Concert a Huge Success

Standing room only crowd jams Meyerhoff Symphony to start new season. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Baltimore's Star Spangled Symphony Commemorates War of 1812

Maestra Marin Alsop leads BSO in tribute to the start of Maryland's War of 1812 celebration. (more...)

BWW Reviews: CIRQUE DREAMS ILLUMINATION is Impressive and Family-Friendly

Cirque Dreams Illumination is an impressive collection of Cirque du Soleil-style acrobatic routines, street entertainment and illusions that will boggle the minds of audiences of all ages. With reaso... (more...)

Joffrey 'Cinderella' A Marvelous Mix of Music, Theater and Dance

On view this weekend and next (through February 28, 2010) at the landmark Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt Unversity (in downtown Chicago) is an impressive, lovely, and sweetly moving mounting of Sir F... (more...)