Q1: The opening work? The opening work of TBP’s first program of the season, Henry Purcell’s 1685 anthem, I Was Glad, is constructed as a lovely little musical triptych. It’s a vocal painting of Psalm 122 existing in three hinged…

Q1: The opening work? Our upcoming concert, The Love Affair, illustrates how an entire program can be a carefully constructed arc, guiding the audience through different aspects of love, all tied together by the theme of dance. We begin with…

Q1: The opening work? In our upcoming Mooredale Series program, pianist Benedetto Lupo will take us on a captivating journey through Nino Rota’s 15 Preludi. Each piece is imbued with its own distinct character and mood, together crafting an evolving…

The sweep of this year’s X-Avant festival October 15-19, titled TeXtures, suggests a "hive mind" at work, rather than a single curator. Who else was involved and what was their role? And what was the process over time? The majority…

Q1: One particular work? Our upcoming Amor Con Fortuna: Songs of 16th Century Spain concert on October 15th has this piece by Mateo Flecha the Elder called El Fuego. It’s this ten-plus minute song from a genre during the 16th…

Barely a week before going to press, we wrote to a handful of individuals responsible for planning concert seasons in our neck of the woods. We explained that we were thinking of launching this feature, ARCS, and were hoping to…