Classical Reviews

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After the Storm . . .

I’m not sure about you, but I’m already looking forward to putting 2020 in the rearview mirror.  We’re not even halfway through the year and we’ve weathered a catastrophic tornado and are grappling with a global pandemic . . . and we’re not out of the woods yet.  As our communities gradually reopen and we learn to adjust to what is a hopefully temporary “new normal”, we are all confronted with uncertainty and apprehension about the future.  But, even as we adjust to quarantine, social distancing, facemasks, and the elbow bump rather than the handshake – we can still takeRead More

Veterans Day Concert

Fantastic Musical Moments from the Nashville Reading Orchestra

The Nashville Reading Orchestra, one the city’s newest performing arts organizations, gave a Veteran’s Day concert this past Sunday night and it was my first opportunity to hear the ensembleRead More

At the Nashville Symphony

Beethoven, Poulenc, and Stravinsky: Sounding Together at the Schermerhorn

The Nashville Symphony is back! Or rather it’s on its way back. The season may now be in full-swing, but as we all continue to navigate the realities of aRead More

Philadelphia Orchestra Release

Florence Price’s music showcased by The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Deutsche Grammophon will release an e-album on 24 September 2021 featuring two orchestral works by Florence Price (1887-1953) – Symphony No. 1 in E Minor (1932) and Symphony No. 3Read More

The Nashville Symphony

Fanfare for Music City

They are back. The Nashville Symphony has returned home to the Schermerhorn Symphony center. Some things have changed: masks are ubiquitous, physical programs are replaced by digital counterparts, and theRead More

A New Season!

The Nashville Symphony at the Ascend: Beethoven under the Stars

It’s been a pandemic, and after a year and a half of tracking quarantines, vaccines and rates of infections, folks are desperately trying to get back to normal. For me,Read More

Nashville Opera

Cinderella on the Beach at the Cumberland

On Saturday, June 12, at the Ascend Amphitheater, as the sun set along the shores of the mighty Cumberland River, Nashville Opera held a beach party. With a completely originalRead More

From the Nashville Symphony

Chestnuts and Rarities in the Summer Chamber Music Series

As the Music City slowly reopens after the catastrophe of the last year, the musicians of the Nashville Symphony are beginning to return to the stage in the Lara TurnerRead More

A New Release from Marquis Classics

The Jasper and Jupiter Quartets: Mendelssohn/ Visconti/ Golijov

The new double string quartet album recorded by the Jasper and Jupiter string quartets is a thing of beauty. The quartets are made up of siblings, spouses, and longtime friends,Read More

Gateway Chamber Orchestra Presents:

Beethoven@250: Humanity in 2020

It is easy to forget that 2020 was supposed to be a celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Social unrest, contentious elections, and a global pandemic easily overshadow the events thatRead More

An aTonalHits release

aTonal Hits ‘Movements’ — a wonderful listen for the coming wintry nights.

aTonal Hits is a small online team of Illya Filshtinskiy & Katha Zinn, and their prolific performing output shows them to be equally comfortable with Bach or Berg. While theRead More