Officially, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s “E Pluribus Unum” festival ended at the beginning of February. But the grassroots ...

Ólafsson’s playing consistently drew out the richness and variety of the writing, especially in the opening Toccata. Here, ...

Poetry of a more explicit variety came after intermission in the form of Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony. Inspired by Byron’s ...

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra will shut down permanently after the 2026-2027 season after 48 years of bringing classical music to area concertgoers. Managing director Sean Lewis announced Tuesday ...

Unity within an ensemble arises not only from blending, but also from each performer carrying individual responsibility for the musical line. On Sunday afternoon at Jordan Hall, guest conductor ...

New England might be in the grip of a winter with seemingly limitless reserves of snow and ice, but the Boston Symphony Orchestra took a decidedly autumnal view of things for Herbert Blomstedt’s ...

Shakespeare, for once, had it backwards: better three hours too soon, his Master Ford tells us, than one minute too late. For their first appearance in Boston since October 2001, the adage might be ...

“I do not ask for my music to be interpreted,” Maurice Ravel once offered. “Just that it be played.” If only the French master could have been at Jordan Hall on Friday night when the Danish String ...

Talk about a strong finish: while the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s spring season runs through May, the ensemble’s two-month streak of concerts showcasing major new and unfamiliar repertoire that began ...

No one ever accused Gustav Mahler of taking the easy route. Even so, the Austrian composer’s Symphony No. 3 develops a programmatic concept that stretches the genre almost to its breaking point.

Artistic inspiration can come from the most unexpected places. Take Gabriella Smith’s Bioluminescence Chaconne, which owes its genesis to a snorkeling excursion the composer took as part of a marine ...