On Feb. 20, the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave one of their odder concerts of the season. Featuring guest conductor Alan T. Gilbert ’89 and solo violinist Isabelle Faust, the BSO performed Joseph ...

In doing The Rake’s Progress of Igor Stravinsky, the New York City Opera tried its hand at a classic of musical modernism. Despite an unsuitable set design and a less than stellar musical execution, ...

In Paris in 1928, when classical dance was démodé, Balanchine created a ballet that prompted Diaghilev to remark at a rehearsal: “What he is doing is magnificent. It is pure classicism such as we have ...

Composer Igor Stravinsky has a fierce distrust of most conductors, especially those who try to conduct his own works. But last week Stravinsky, 76, sat in the balcony of Manhattan’s Town Hall and ...

One of the century’s great composers makes his home in Hollywood—surrounded by the film colony, but no part of it. His presence sometimes makes film makers a little uneasy; maybe they’re missing ...