Rather, it was the fact that this is music that takes the long view and does so with a mix of unobtrusive charm and ...

The dedication of soloist Joélle Harvey and H&H was evident in showcasing the innate charm of Handel’s works, his tunefulness ...

“Age is an issue of mind over matter,” Mark Twain reportedly said. “If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Whether or not Herbert Blomstedt shares Twain’s philosophy, the 97-year-old maestro’s stage ...

Whoever planned the first month of concerts at Symphony Hall this year deserves a pat on the back: rarely, if ever, do four consecutive weeks of programs, and from different artists, hold together so ...

“Age is an issue of mind over matter,” Mark Twain reportedly said. “If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Whether or not Herbert Blomstedt shares Twain’s philosophy, the 97-year-old maestro’s stage ...

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 ...

Tis the season for musical marathons, at least in New England. A little more than a week after the Boston Symphony Orchestra wrapped its survey of the complete Beethoven symphonies, the Celebrity ...

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 ...

There’s madness in love and, as Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Die tote Stadt reminds, there’s madness in death, too. On Thursday night, the Boston Symphony Orchestra brought the composer’s operatic study ...