Tuesday , July 28 2026

Classical

Music Review: Composer-Keyboardist Peter Kramer – ‘To a Green Thought in a Green Shade’ – Solos, duos & trios for winds, strings, piano & guitar

Peter Kramer – 'To a Green Thought in a Green Shade' album coer detail

It's as if the violin can't stop swatting at mosquitos while the cello sings a sad, halting, unmoored kind of song.

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Music Review: Jonathan Bagg – ‘Viola Revival,’ 20th-century American Works by Marion Bauer, Ulysses Kay, and Margaret Bond

Jonathan Bagg – viola

There's always more to discover in the annals of 20th-century American music. Violist Jonathan Bagg makes valuable contributions to our awareness of some worthy viola repertoire – and of some neglected American composers.

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Exclusive Interview: Conductor Dane Lam on New Album, Globe-trotting, and Why ‘Classical Music Is Better’

Dane Lam

Dane Lam is the only conductor to simultaneously hold leadership positions at major institutions in the U.S. Australia, and Asia. His new recording of music by Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye seemed a good opportunity to find out what the globe-trotting conductor has been up to.

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