Music

A web of biographical and stylistic interconnections linked music by contemporary composers Jessie Montgomery and Avner Dorman with works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

This collection of music by six contemporary female composers from Iran is an eloquent document of the driving creative spirit these composers in a time of reckoning and exile.

The GRAMMY®-nominated percussion quartet focuses on education, with residencies at two academies, seminars, and a Creator Mentorship Program.

Paul Simon's 'Seven Psalms,' his first album since 2018, focuses on mortality. Also, reviews of CDs from Wild Carnation, Eddie Cochran, and more.

A focus on paternal influence shed light on string trio music by Beethoven and Mozart at the Aspect Chamber Music Series.

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe have a new retrospective with BBC Radio 2 announcer Dermot O'Leary, available soon on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.

The oratorio's 12 movements trace American slavery from early colonial times through the modern Church's recognition of its part in the institution.

The baroque folk-pop of Liam Robinson and Jean Rohe's new album courses with sophisticated writing and arranging even as it draws from traditional styles.

A DVD set features vintage performances by Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, and more. Plus, CDs from Frankie Ford, Bill Pritchard, Cal Tjader, and David Deacon.

New releases from producer/keyboardist Israel Tanenbaum and guitarist Ben Sher show different perspectives on Latin jazz.