Partnerships of symphony orchestras with pop and rock musicians are hardly new—Procol Harum and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra produced a best-selling album in 1972. And S&M , the recording of the 1999 collaboration between Metallica … » Read

The latest example of classical music’s commitment to performing extant works by underrepresented composers is illustrated in the New York Philharmonic’s Nov. 22-25 program, which includes Julia Perry’s 1951 Stabat Mater for … » Read

It is easy to understand why Florencia en el Amazonas has held the stage in the years since its 1996 Houston Grand Opera premiere. Daniel Catán’s rapturous score, with its echoes of midcentury Hollywood, sweeps us up the Amazon on … » Read

The Bolshoi Theater together with the entire Russian artistic community was thrown into turmoil last week, when several outlets, including Izvestia and Russian Forbes , reported that Valery Gergiev was to become artistic director of both the … » Read

David Del Tredici, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning “instinctual” approach to composing flew in the face of most post–World War II musical trends, died in New York City on Nov. 18 at 86. Born in California in 1937, Del Tredici was … » Read

While the London Symphony Orchestra will likely receive top orchestral billing, they are not the only featured ensemble in Maestro , Bradley Cooper’s forthcoming cinematic homage to Leonard Bernstein. Also on the bill are the young … » Read

There is a glimmer of hope for U.K. musicians and other creatives beset by the career-stifling bureaucracy that has accompanied their nation’s decision to leave the European Union. Early in November, the domestic advisory groups formed in … » Read

Inevitably, but nonetheless disappointing, Daniel Barenboim will not be conducting the Staatskapelle Berlin’s Brahms cycle on its tour of the U.S. and Canada, November 25-December 3. “My health simply does not allow me to undertake … » Read

In remarks at the start of his Carnegie Hall recital on November 14, Bryn Terfel called it “a trip down memory lane.” The program opened with Gerald Finzi’s Let Us Garlands Bring , Op. 18—the first song cycle he studied in … » Read

LOS ANGELES— The California Festival: A Celebration of New Music has been underway since November 3, with virtually every musical organization in the state involved. Ending on Monday, it has been a rather amorphous affair, actually, with … » Read