Concert, Film
Donal Fox, piano
Screening of Jazz Saved My Life about Justin Freed
Maria Schneider Orchestra Quartet
Featuring Gary Versace, piano; Scott Robinson, woodwinds; Jay Anderson, bass; Johnathan Blake, drums
Coolidge Corner Theater
Brookline, MA
December 1, 2022
An evening rich with wonderful jazz and a biographical film about artist and jazz impresario Justin Freed, former owner and concert programmer of the Coolidge Corner Theater, with a special interest in jazz as a healing force.
The Inextinguishable Voice
Concert
Lexington Symphony
Jonathan McPhee, Music Director
Cary Memorial Hall, Lexington, MA
November 19, 2022
A diverse and interesting concert featuring a new exuberant orchestral composition by Ray Angry, member of the hip hop band The Roots.
México Lindo y Querido
Concert
A Far Cry
Musical arrangements by
Alex Fortes
Featuring Estelí Gomez, Soprano
Jordan Hall
Symphony Hall Area, Boston
November 18, 2022
A stupendous concert – lively, inventive, warm, inspiring, fun, and impeccably rendered.
The Orchard
Play (2022)
Based on The Cherry Orchard (1903)
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Igor Golyak
Emerson Paramount Theater, Boston
November 4-13, 2022 (& streaming)
With Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jessica Hecht, Nael Nacer
An inventively interpreted and staged version of the classic about the loss of home and the vagaries of love.
The Prodigal Son
Opera (1968)
by Benjamin Britten
A Parable for Church Performance
Enigma Chamber Opera
Live October 21-22, 2022 7pm
The Cathedral Church of St Paul, Boston
Streaming 28 October 2022 7pm ET through 4 November 2022
Intimately staged, a beautifully sung and wonderfully played account of one of the three so-called church parables of Benjamin Britten.