a virtual journal and blog of the classical music scene in Boston
Robert Levin, editor; Bettina A. Norton, executive editor; Lee Eiseman, publisher
News & Features
July 15, 2010
What should we expect from Summer Festivals?
by Lee Eiseman
A lot has been said in this rag about the superlative qualities of Rockport Music’s new Shalin Liu Center. But how does it compare with what we expect from a summer music venue? For those of us not attending the likes of the Salzburg Festival in our mothball-infused finery, summer festivals mean mosquitoes, moths, straight [...]
July 4, 2010
Three More Summer Festivals
by Bettina A. Norton
Tanglewood and the Newport Music Festival are well known; Mohawk Trails Concerts is new to us. Tanglewood, founded in 1940, and Newport, founded in 1968, offer many concerts, not only in the evenings, but throughout the day, with a variety of times, programs, and venues. Mohawk Trails Concerts, located in Charlemont, MA, offers a far [...]
July 1, 2010
Two in Two: Summer Concerts in Maine and New Hampshire
by Bettina A. Norton
Now that summer is officially underway, four more summer music festivals are starting their seasons — two in Maine and two in New Hampshire. All commence on July 1. A number feature performers not heard often, if at all, in Boston, but these festivals also provide opportunities for summer outings to areas filled with treasures [...]
June 28, 2010
Thanks for What? Musing on Praise and Blame
by Vance R. Koven
Every so often, a performer or composer expresses gratitude for a good review or indignance at a bad one. Max Reger’s famous response to a bad review, expressed in a letter to the reviewer, was: “I am sitting in the smallest room of my house. I have your review before me. Soon it will be [...]
June 21, 2010
Summer Delights Begin in Western Mass, Eastern New York, and Coastal Maine
by Bettina A. Norton
The end of June brings on three summer music Festivals: the Kneisel in coastal Maine, Tanglewood in the Berkshires, and Maverick in nearby eastern New York State. Our esteemed publisher, F. Lee Eiseman, assisted by this editor, recruited reviewers from these respective neighborhoods to complement our own fine roster. BMInt urges our readers to find [...]
June 15, 2010
The Amazing Sound in Rockport
by David Griesinger
Gorgeous Shalin Liu Performance Center Reveals That Dry & Exciting Tops Muddy & Reverberant for Chamber Music For the concert by the Parthenia Consort of viols with guest tenor and actor at the new Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport on June 13, I chose a seat in row M, just three rows from the [...]
June 14, 2010
BSO Music Director Levine Withdraws from Tanglewood
by Bettina A. Norton
Due to the need for further recuperation from recent back surgery, BSO Music Director James Levine is withdrawing from his scheduled concerts with Tanglewood and the Boston Symphony Orchestra until further notice, according to a release just received by BMInt. [Click title for complete article]
June 13, 2010
Chopin Symposium Features Historic Re-enactment, Newly-Recovered Piece
by Susan Miron
For years, pianist and pedagogue Roberto Poli has found himself intrigued by — if not obsessed with — the music of Frederic Chopin and is now five CDs into his recording project of all of this composer’s music for piano. Poli’s fascination with Chopin, many pianists’ favorite composer for their instrument, has recently resulted in two symposia, [...]
June 12, 2010
Moving About in their Respective Areas: Aston Magna and Music at Eden’s Edge
by Bettina A. Norton
BMInt is offering a series of notices on the summer concert series and festivals in attractive sites that we believe will be of interest to our readers. The concert schedules are listed in our Upcoming Events. In the interview below we present Music at Eden’s Edge, which starts its season on June 13 in various [...]
June 2, 2010
Newport Music Festival Loses Charismatic Artistic Director in Automobile Accident
by BMINT STAFF
BMInt is saddened to report the death of Mark P. Malkovich III, founder and long-time artistic director of the Newport Music Festival in an automobile accident last Saturday in Minnesota. Dr. Malkovich’s son, Mark Malkovich IV, assures the festival’s fans that the 42nd season will go on as scheduled from July 9 through July 25, including the special concert and Champagne reception on July 10 for what would have been Dr. Malkovich’s 80th birthday.