Character matters—or so we’re often told. It certainly counts in music, and in various ways, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons demonstrated in their traversal of works by Mozart and ...

To live, Nietzsche tells us, is to suffer, and few 19 th-century composers captured the essence of that sentiment more memorably than Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Yet the Russian master was much more ...

“Progress depends above all on the temper of the nation,” Anthony Eden told the House of Commons in 1938. “And that temper must find expression in a firm spirit.” The former foreign secretary and ...

In music as in love, passion can be a double-edged sword. Take the Jerusalem Quartet’s performance at Jordan Hall on Friday night. Nobody’s about to argue that the ensemble’s Celebrity ...

The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra under founding conductor Benjamin Zander opened their season Sunday at Symphony Hall with an intense program devoted to the relationship between old and new.

What’s a production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida without elephants? Cheaper and less complicated to put on than the alternative, for one. It was also the look Boston Lyric Opera went with for their ...

Boston Classical Review has an opening for a concert reviewer based in the Boston area. Solid knowledge of classical repertory is required as well as excellent writing skills. Classical reviewing ...

Sunday at First Church in Cambridge, Seraphim accomplished this in a heartfelt program of sacred choral works featuring challenging repertoire spanning more than two centuries. Titled “Eternal Voices ...

Character matters—or so we’re often told. It certainly counts in music, and in various ways, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons demonstrated in their traversal of works by Mozart and ...

Pianist Paul Lewis gave a sparkling program of Schubert for his Celebrity Series recital at Jordan Hall on Friday night. Lewis’ impeccable technique and subtle artistry combined for a powerful ...