Archive for 2018

Flor opens a transitional Dallas Symphony season with Wagner and Strauss – Sep 29, 2018

As the Dallas Symphony Orchestra begins its first season in a […]

Soloists, Houston Symphony bring quiet intensity to Dvořák’s “Stabat Mater” – Sep 28, 2018

Antonín Dvořák’s Stabat Mater offers a generous helping of eloquent lyricism. […]

Critic’s Choice for 2018-19 season – Sep 03, 2018

All-Rachmaninoff evening with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Cliburn Foundation. October […]

Utah Arts Review to launch this fall – Jul 17, 2018

I’m delighted to announce the launch of Utah Arts Review, our […]

Graf closes Texas Music Festival with a compelling Shostakovich portrait – Jul 01, 2018

Dmitri Shostakovich may be a familiar presence in the concert hall, […]

Texas Music Festival offers power, if not always precision, in Brahms, Tchaikovsky – Jun 17, 2018

The Texas Music Festival dubbed Saturday’s orchestral program “Heroic Statements”–which may […]

Texas Music Festival opens with sonic spectaculars by Strauss and Holst – Jun 10, 2018

On paper, the pairing may have looked like overkill. Richard Strauss’ […]

Fabio Luisi named Dallas Symphony music director – Jun 04, 2018

You can’t say the Dallas Symphony Orchestra likes to waste time. […]

Van Zweden bids farewell to DSO with a concerto premiere and a momentous Beethoven Ninth – May 25, 2018

Thursday night at Meyerson Symphony Center, Jaap van Zweden opened his […]

With a last-minute Wotan, van Zweden leads DSO in a memorable “Walküre” – May 19, 2018

Jaap van Zweden’s penultimate program as music director of the Dallas […]