Tanglewood — and Beethoven Idolatry — is Back For 2021
By Sarah Baer (with some input by Liane Curtis) The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home is getting ready to welcome guests again in what is perhaps an ideal venue for events in these strange times. The traditions of lawn chairs and picnics while enjoying some of...
BBC Proms 2021: By the Numbers
In a year unlike any other for classical music programming, it is simply a relief to know that live music is once again being scheduled, and that audiences are once again meeting in person. Those of us that crave concert halls and the anticipation of a downbeat will...
We Hold On To Women’s Music History By A Thin, Fraying Thread
By Mary Purpura Previously we posted Mary Purpura’s moving account of the work of The Women’s Philharmonic. Today we continue her consideration of the obstacles that remain to bringing women’s compositions into the mainstream. These essays are...
A Great Composer responds to the pandemic. Fanny Mendelssohn in 1831
This blog post of May 17, 2020 was one of our most popular of last year, and as we passed the one-year anniversary of the shutdowns and quarantines in response to Covid-19, it is worthwhile to recall Fanny Mendelssohn’s response to the frightening pandemic of...