Musical Events
Two Young Pianists Test Their Limits
Yunchan Lim tackles Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and Seong-Jin Cho presents a Ravel marathon.
An 1887 Opera by a Black Composer Finally Surfaces
Edmond Dédé’s “Morgiane” shows how diversity initiatives can promote works of real cultural value.
The Berlin Philharmonic Doesn’t Need a Star Conductor
The musicians possess a powerful collective personality, creating an organic mass of sound.
The Meditative Organ Soundscapes of Kali Malone
The eighty-minute suite “All Life Long” is slow, hushed, and gnawingly beautiful, but it does not supply conventional musical comforts.
Charles Ives, Connoisseur of Chaos
Celebrating the composer’s hundred-and-fiftieth birthday, at a festival in Bloomington, Indiana.
A Mesmerizing New Opera About a Sonic Cult
In Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners,” a group of suburbanites hear a low, pervasive hum that others cannot.
An Idyllic Music Series in the Hebrides
Mendelssohn on Mull celebrates chamber music away from urban pressures.
Two Centuries Later, a Female Composer Is Rediscovered
Carolina Uccelli’s opera “Anna di Resburgo” was remarkably inventive—but it vanished after its première. Teatro Nuovo has brought it back to life.
An Opera About John Singer Sargent and a Male Model
Damien Geter’s “American Apollo,” at Des Moines Metro Opera, along with revivals of Debussy and Strauss.