“If I were to name the composer whose works are the most perfect embodiment of the Hungarian spirit, I would answer, Kodály…His work proves the deep inner reason…his unshakable faith and trust in the constructive […]

In 1675 Sir Isaac Newton wrote a letter to Robert Hooke from which the inspiration for our October 23 concert program is taken: “If I have seen further (than you and Decartes) it is by […]

For us at BCMS the performance of the great chamber music literature is one of those miracles that arise from the joy of intimacy and focus. Many of you ask who leads, how we know […]

Mozart, Harbison and Schumann   The cultivated musician may study a Madonna by Raphael, the painter a symphony by Mozart, with equal advantage.   —Robert Schumann, Journal of Poetry and Thought We conclude our season […]

Our April concert features flights of fantasy—famous duos, and a trio, that are the products of special relationships between prominent pairs and peers: players with composers, composer and composer, and player with player. The duos […]

In March we return to Sanders and to spring. Our program features works by Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn from the heart of the Romantic tradition, and the premiere of the gift from our BCMS Commissioning […]

“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 […]