Classical

Every fall the BMF brings together China's top rising talent with world-class musicians from across the globe.

Musicians of the ACO enveloped us in the pure joy of sweet-sounding, often deeply inspired chamber music of the Rococo period by J.C. Bach, Michael Haydn, and Mozart.

Natural horn specialist Isaac Shieh has paired music by 19th-century composer Jacques-François Gallay with new commissions by contemporary composers, revealing Shieh's gifts as a musician and the potential for continued life for this ancient, "outdated" member of the brass family.

The summer series concluded with Robert Schumann's Fourth Symphony, Clara Schumann's 'Konzertsatz in F minor,' and a world premiere by James Lee III.

Exemplary, living Bach from musicians with few equals at the repertoire; sensitive violin performances of Poulenc transcriptions and sonatas

A glowing new concerto for soprano saxophone by Anna Clyne made in its New York premiere together with music by Brahms and Emilie Mayer.

Yugoslav-Israeli intellectual and Holocaust survivor Yehuda Elkana may be best known for his insistence that a people must leave the traumas of the past behind in order to thrive. With 'Que sais-je?' Amos Elkana, Yehuda's son, has created a profound portrait in music of his father.

18th-century music that kept the lute alive, and a world premiere recording of an early 18th-century Scottish opera

Gene Wilson (aka Gene Forrest) and Eunice Levy, a married couple, scored several hits in the 1950s but dented the pop charts only once, with “Poco Loco.” But the songs collected here are almost uniformly excellent.

The concert was only a few minutes old and I was already scribbling in my notebook phrases like "as if pulling out the guts of the piano itself." And I meant that admiringly.