In the final days of Socrates’s life, as he waited for his execution in an Athenian prison, his closest friend, Crito, visited him, waking him from a glorious dream. In that dream, a woman in white ...

Michael Bublé's recent Vatican concert was evidence of the enduring nature of the hymn You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. “This is really the ...

The sold-out performance “We the People: Celebrating Our Shared Community,” at Symphony Hall was far from a conventional concert experience. On Nov. 21, Yo-Yo Ma offered a monumental gift to Boston ...

Writing for the New York Review of Books recently, composer Matthew Aucoin (son of Globe theater critic Don Aucoin) compared the “old-school newspaper review” to a “cramped basic-economy seat,” a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stepped away from City Hall Friday night for a special performance alongside world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo ...

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stepped away from City Hall Friday night for a special performance alongside world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall. The pair played a rendition of “Ave ...

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu performed a duet with world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall Friday night. A city spokesperson said the mayor’s performance was a “planned surprise.” Wu and Ma ...

Seventieth birthdays are big deals. When Leonard Bernstein marked the milestone in 1988, the Boston Symphony threw him a three-day-long bash at Tanglewood that included a three-hour concert in the ...

Even professional musicians get stage fright, but a saxophonist and researcher in Japan found a way to help her and other musicians perform under pressure. Positive memories of performances that went ...

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Aaron Copland wrote his Clarinet Concerto for Benny Goodman in the postwar years, when the “King of Swing” was commissioning works from classical composers. Just 18 minutes in length, its two ...