LONDON—It’s a confident company that programs Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt , a work calling for vast orchestral forces and singers with the stamina of oxen. English National Opera may have its ongoing funding woes, … » Read

Bach’s Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Evagelistam Matthaeum or St. Matthew Passion had been missing from the New York Philharmonic for 15 years when Jaap van Zweden revived it for three performances last weekend at David Geffen … » Read

SAN FRANCISCO—Scintillating and droll, potent and puckish, William Kentridge’s multi-valenced chamber opera-cum-film SIBYL had a buoyantly received United States premiere March 17 at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall. The ovation was … » Read

Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony has its share of brutal dissonance—no question about that—yet some critics called it, according to the composer, an homage to the major third, a sonority as unlike dissonance as one … » Read

Uncovered Three A round-up of outstanding new, or new-to-disc American chamber music, is headed by the latest in Catalyst Quartet’s revelatory “Uncovered” series. The follow up to acclaimed volumes of music by Samuel … » Read

Walker & Dawson George Walker is enjoying a boomtime right now with the National Symphony Orchestra recording all five Sinfonias , and a recent disc from The Cleveland Orchestra that included Lilacs , the first work by an African American … » Read

EVANSTON, IL—During intermission at “Exile & Resilience: Music of the Jewish & African Diasporas,” a new program by Apollo’s Fire, a breathless patron chased down an ensemble administrator. “The music! … » Read

Conductor Harry Bicket and his polished period-instrument ensemble The English Concert began offering large-scale vocal works by Handel at Carnegie Hall a decade ago. Most in the annual series have been operas, but several oratorios with The … » Read

LONDON—Chelsea Opera Group has a long and distinguished pedigree for unearthing forgotten works by major composers. In recent years it has presented Rubinstein’s The Demon , Verdi’s Oberto , Wagner’s Das Liebesverbot , and … » Read

In the past few years, American orchestras have begun to redefine relationships with the communities they occupy and develop a deeper understanding of how they can productively engage with society’s challenges. The Boston Symphony’s … » Read