A powerful Bruckner Ninth Symphony from Dallas Symphony, Fabio Luisi
As well as a composer and composition professor, Anton Bruckner was an organist. And his symphonies often build…
A vivid semi-staged ‘Madama Butterfly’ from the Dallas Symphony
Well, this is the loudest Madama Butterfly I’ve ever experienced. So I thought during much of the first…
Don Stone, Dallas philanthropist and arts advocate, dies
Don Stone, a Dallas civic leader and strong supporter of the arts, died on Sunday. He was 96.…
Jun Märkl conducts three fourths of a fabulous Dallas Symphony concert
Ironically, when we think of Spanish music, the immediate associations are often works by French composers: Bizet’s Carmen…
A distinguished conducting debut and two world premieres from Dallas Symphony
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Thursday night concert made news. Assistant conductor Shira Samuels-Shragg made her unscheduled classical series…
Dallas Symphony to premiere new clarinet concerto from local composer
Of five new or recent compositions booked on four Dallas Symphony Orchestra programs lately, only one is by…
Dallas Symphony program evokes two different libertines
Saturday night’s Dallas Symphony Orchestra program was the third in a row including a new or recent work…
The music of Dolly takes a dramatic turn in ‘Threads’ by the DSO
RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerRich@DallasVoice.com The legendary catalog of Dolly Parton gets the orchestral treatment this weekend as…
A composer debuts Puerto Rico’s loss in Dallas
Whale calls. Glaciers melting. Frog croaks. These are sounds audiences might not expect in an orchestral concert hall…
A new Angélica Negrón quasi-requiem from the Dallas Symphony
Thursday night’s Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert, at the Meyerson Symphony Center, was presented in the orchestra’s Classical series,…