“I am told that there is no popular demand for good music in America. That is not so. Every concert in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago or Washington, and in most other cities, no doubt, […]

“Actually two schools confront each other: the old comprises the disciples of César Franck, and Claude Debussy may justly be considered the initiator of the new.” — Maurice Ravel, 1913 Paris, much in the news […]

The third concert of our thirty-third season begins with a song by Schubert that quotes the same funeral march theme from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Third Symphony (“Eroica”) referenced in Metamorphosen by Richard Strauss, the work that concluded […]

“I hope that Your Imperial Highness will continue especially to practice writing down your ideas straight away at the piano; for this purpose there should be a small table beside the piano. In this way […]

“I take the liberty of sending to Your Electoral Highness various musical pieces… composed by my dear pupil Beethoven, who has been graciously entrusted to me. I flatter myself that these pieces will be kindly […]

Maurizio Nannucci So reads the neon sign on the staircase foyer wall of the Linde Family Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The work was acquired in 2011 with funds from its 2010-2011 […]

Spring is coming, Spring, my joy; Now I will make ready to go journeying                                           […]

“…a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” Rossitor W. Raymond, A Commendatory Prayer For our March, April, and May concerts we return to Sanders Theatre at 7:30 in time to herald the return […]

Pianist Randall Hodgkinson performed a recital through Groupmuse a week prior to our French Connection concert. After an evening of solo pieces by Fauré, Debussy and Ravel, he ended the program with three preludes by […]