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Beethoven's "Archduke' finds poise; Franck's Quintet grows overpressured in Fabian Series at Spivey Hall
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (531+ words) William Ford | 25 APR 2026 The Fabian Concert Series at the Mercer University Townsend School of Music continues to serve as a bridge between professional artistry and student development, placing emerging musicians alongside established performers in shared repertoire. She was joined by…...
Atlanta Baroque Orchestra maps Baroque music's functions across civic, courtly, and sacred spheres
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (727+ words) William Ford | 21 APR 2026 The Atlanta Baroque Orchestra's (ABO) final concerts for this season began at the 1931-era Glenn Memorial Church on the Emory University Campus. This building is notable for its great columns, excellent lighting, and agreeable acoustics. The concert…...
A love song for Tampa Bay: Opera Tampa at 30
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (624+ words) Opera Tampa, one of the area's cultural gems, celebrates what seemed impossible 30 years ago. "They say you have to be crazy to start an opera company," Judy Lisi quipped over lunch. "But we did it." Crazy or not, Lisi, planted…...
John Adams leads Houston Symphony in a program of restless energy and reflection
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (214+ words) Pianist Orli Shaham steps in with poise and rhythmic command in Adams" "Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?" Lawrence Wheeler | 20 APR 2026 Adams" Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? , commissioned and premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic…...
Jordan balances drama and discipline in Berlioz" "Symphonie fantastique" with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
1+ week, 1+ day ago (330+ words) Mark Gresham | 17 APR 2026 Jordan has long shown an affinity for large-scale symphonic thinking and textural clarity. That sensibility served him well here, where Berlioz" orchestral imagination demands both structural control and a willingness to let the music veer toward the…...
Runnicles and Grand Teton Festival Orchestra bring striking clarity to Mahler's "Fifth' in a vividly engineered recording
1+ week, 2+ day ago (354+ words) Giorgio Koukl | 16 APR 2026 Released by Reference Recordings, a new rendering of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 has been made by the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles. Recorded live in July 2024 at Walk Festival Hall, it features…...
Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra explores silence, memory, and renewal in immersive "What We Carry
1+ week, 2+ day ago (412+ words) Howard Wershil | 16 APR 2026 Henry Cheng himself, in an insert to the program notes, offers his vision clearly: "Some music is loud. Tonight's isn't. This concert is about listening " to silence, to grief, to breath, to beauty. It's a reminder that…...
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1+ week, 4+ day ago (14+ words) Prieto shapes luminous Rautavaara and finely wrought Mozart "Great Mass" with North Carolina Symphony'Ear Relevant...
Jerry Hou leads Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a narrative throughline of Sohn, Glass, and Rachmaninoff
1+ week, 5+ day ago (345+ words) Mark Gresham | 13 APR 2026 Taiwanese-American conductor Jerry Hou returned to the podium of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Thursday night with a program that moved fluently between narrative immediacy and symphonic ambition, pairing a lively contemporary premiere with the tensile lyricism of…...
Itzhak Perlman reflects on a life in music in multimedia evening at Emory's Schwartz Center
2+ week, 1+ day ago (545+ words) Ear Relevant Mark Gresham | 10 APR 2026 On March 26, the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts offered something rarer than a recital: a self-portrait shaped in words, images, and music. Billed as "An Evening with Itzhak Perlman," the program unfolded as a live…...