The legend of John Brown's 1859 abolitionist raid is ripe for re-examining, but a new play set in a home for the mentally ill doesn't measure up.

Musicians of the ACO enveloped us in the pure joy of sweet-sounding, often deeply inspired chamber music of the Rococo period by J.C. Bach, Michael Haydn, and Mozart.

Viscerally a horror yarn, dramatically a study of character among teenage girls, this harrowing play has at its core a story of friendship.

A new album that includes arias from the opera 'Quake' along with instrumental music reveals composer Kay Rhie's ability to adapt her style for abstraction and direct storytelling alike.

Composer Aaron Helgeson's starting points range from traditional Norwegian fiddle to Shakespeare to Debussy.

Pianist and composer Mark Micchelli twists and blows up five jazz classics with piano, toy piano, percussion, and electronics.

The Norwegian lutenist makes this 400-year-old music sound vital through a mature, warmly expressive sensibility, even as he explicates these old "texts" through a prism of meticulous technique.

"Did you hear, she up and left me, like some old country song. Don't have a dog or truck, but if I did they'd be gone."

Natural horn specialist Isaac Shieh has paired music by 19th-century composer Jacques-François Gallay with new commissions by contemporary composers, revealing Shieh's gifts as a musician and the potential for continued life for this ancient, "outdated" member of the brass family.

This collaboration between vocal ensemble Blue Heron and composer Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol is as beautiful as it is tricky to describe.