Cello Upside-Down Cake
An evening of unconventional cello music, ranging from Appalachian fiddle tunes to alt-rock quartets and elecro-acoustic washes of noise.
How to Contain the World
It’s summer, and that means it’s beach read season, and what says beach read like a dense academic treatise on some of the thorniest and most brobdingnagian works in the standard repertoire?
Of Cardinals and Coups
Five world premieres, one local play, and a preview of upcoming summer festival offerings!
Up All Night (to Get Jesus)
I’ve heard people say there isn’t much Rachmaninov in the Vigil; it may not have the pyrotechnics of his piano concerti, but the variety he pulls out of this slight palette testifies to his compositional skill.
Marseille Memories
In a moment when our government seems to be doing all it can to sever ties of international solidarity, it’s reassuring to be reminded that there are many working to strengthen those ties.
To Fugue or Not to Fugue
The evening opened with a piquant rendition of Piazzolla’s 1956 Tango Ballet. With its snappy rhythms and wry melodies, it’s a piece with tremendous emotional range, and the Dalí members swung from one extreme to the other with palpable glee.
The Story of a Book
A Medieval songbook brought to intimate life by a visiting early music ensemble. Also: a WWI smorgasbord and a raucous work for solo bassoon.
