Making music from life
My compositions spring from my sorrows. Those that give the world the greatest delights were born of my deepest griefs. Franz Schubert There is so much talk about music, and yet so little is said. […]
Three ways to be a British composer
In spite of wide divergencies of personal style, there is a common factor in the music, say of Schumann and Weber. And this common factor is nationality. Ralph Vaughan Williams, from National Music, Bryn Mawr […]
Codes, Cyphers, and Keys
Johannes Brahms Scherzo in C minor for Violin and Piano from the F-A-E Sonata (1853)Joan Tower Purple Rain for String Quintet (2020) BCMS Commission /PremiereGabriel Fauré Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 15 (1876-79) People […]
In Memoriam: Roger Tapping
Roger Tapping will be remembered by Boston audiences, colleagues, former students and friends as a really nice guy, despite also being widely acknowledged among the sovereigns of the viola. Before taking up residence in the […]
Saturday Night Live, BCMS@Jordan Hall
Bohuslav Martinů Quartet for oboe and piano trio (1947)Johannes Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 (1865) Our third Jordan Hall concert of BCMS Season 39 will also be our first evening in that […]
Musically speaking
“He who does not take a thorough pleasure in a simple chord progression, well constructed, beautiful in its arrangement, does not love music.” –Saint-Saëns Musical Memories, 1919
COVID-19 updates
Updated Friday, April 10, 2020 As news and recommendations related to COVID-19 continue to evolve, it is with great regret that we cancel all remaining Season 2019-2020 concerts at Sanders Theatre through May 10. Consideration of […]
Darkness and Deliverance
The Genius of Mozart is still mourning and weeping over the death of her pupil…with the help of assiduous labour you shall receive Mozart’s spirit from Haydn’s hands. To Beethoven in album amicorum, from Count […]
A Minor Point of Departure
We will not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time from Little Gidding, Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot Franz Schubert […]
Music and Memory
Schubert Fantasie for Violin and Piano in C major, D. 934 (1827)Dutilleux Les Citations for Oboe, Bass, Harpsichord and Percussion (2010)Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 (1918) Purchase tickets Isn’t music constantly concerned […]