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Harold Stover’s original works for organ gently take hold of your attention

by ALLAN KOZINN November 10, 2016November 10, 2016

During his Noonday Concert on Thursday, Stover played three of his own scores whose strengths are in their subtleties.

by ALLAN KOZINN November 7, 2016November 7, 2016

Among the works the group played Sunday at Woodfords church was Erwin Schulhoff’s Concertino for Flute, Viola and Double Bass.

by ALLAN KOZINN November 3, 2016November 3, 2016

The group, founded by Bowdoin percussionist Eric LaPerna, plays Middle Eastern music that is deceptively complex.

by ALLAN KOZINN November 2, 2016November 2, 2016

In this semi-staged performance of the dark opera, the orchestra becomes a character all its own.

by ALLAN KOZINN October 31, 2016October 31, 2016

The festival, just one weekend long, offered plenty for fans of fortepianos, lutes and early music, including Monteverdi’s ‘Combattimento.’

by ALLAN KOZINN October 17, 2016October 19, 2016

‘Light Shines Eternal’ told wrenching Holocaust stories then soothed listeners with a work of light and transcendence.

by ALLAN KOZINN October 13, 2016October 13, 2016

The talk on W.E.B. Du Bois and race in America delivered by Leroy M. Rowe was interspersed by spirituals.

by ALLAN KOZINN October 10, 2016October 10, 2016

It continues the three-year Beethoven cycle, plays Respighi and offers a contemporary piece by American composer Mason Bates.

After a tricky warm-up, the quartet draws listeners into tales from history that are grim but not without hope.

Australian organist Thomas Heywood is hoping the Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ won’t continue to cut classical recitals from its lineup.