Renée Fleming. The soprano Renée Fleming doesn’t have a lot of local performances on her list this season, but in tandem with her appearance at a Boca Raton winter festival she’ll be doing a master class at the University of Miami. Her appearance is set for 2 p.m. Friday, March 5, at the Gusman Concert […]

Sarah Coburn as Rosina in The Barber of Seville. In the performances I’ve attended this season at the Palm Beach Opera and Florida Grand Opera, I’ve seen a good number of younger faces, and that’s been encouraging. After all, opera is a lot more accessible these days than it used to be not too long […]

An overhead view of destruction in Port-au-Prince. There has been a tremendous response of physical aid and monetary assistance to the tragedy in Haiti, and the musical community has been an important part of it. The national Hope for Haiti telethon featured a good deal of music during its broadcast, and tonight, the Cleveland Orchestra […]

The Cleveland Orchestra at the Knight Concert Hall. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni) It was a close call, but the Cleveland Orchestra will be coming to Miami this Friday for its residency, after a walkout Monday threatened to scuttle a feature of seasonal musical life that has helped fill the gap for South Floridians who still […]

Later this week, the Firebird Chamber Orchestra will take up the mantle of The Four Seasons, Antonio Vivaldi’s deathless quartet of violin concerti that routinely rank at the top or very near it on those every-so-often lists of the world’s favorite classical pieces. Despite its enormous familiarity to one and all, I don’t recall offhand […]

Violinist Leila Josefowicz, due in town Jan. 22. (Photo by J. Henry Fair) This week, negotiators from the labor and management sides are gathering to work out a new contract for the members of the Cleveland Orchestra, who are now working without an agreement just weeks before the group’s annual residency at the Knight Concert […]

Except for the closing credits of It’s a Wonderful Life, you don’t hear the old drinking song Auld Lang Syne much anymore, even at New Year’s. Most of the national televised celebrations drown it out, but there was a time when people really knew this song, understood its message of loss and conviviality, and sand […]

A contemporary drawing of Zimmerman’s Coffee House in Leipzig. This is the time of year when almost any gathering of people anywhere turns festive: offices become temporary holiday kitchens, customers in coffee shops extend the best wishes of the season to each other, shoppers share tips as they pick over the last items in a […]

Jupiter and its moon Io, from The Planets–An HD Odyssey. Late next month, two South Florida venues will be on the first tour of a multimedia event that should be fascinating to see, and perhaps may point classical music concerts in a new direction. The Houston Symphony, under its music director Hans Graf, will be […]

Since 1918, when the dean of King’s College in Cambridge, England, put together a “lesson” of carols for Christmastime, the idea of a special music service for the big holiday has established itself all over the English-speaking world. Although it’s done holiday-themed programs in the past, this week the Seraphic Fire concert choir introduces its […]

Cellist Alban Gerhardt. Seems like all anyone wants to do these days is talk about Art, as in ArtBasel. But if you’re more inclined to the sonic arts, this is a good week for classical music-making here in South Florida. Here are six events that make that point: Haydn and Brahms: One of the better-known […]