Reviewing the Boston Modern Orchestra Project.
Boston Globe, March 9, 2010.

Reviewing Vittorio Ghielmi and Luca Pianca.
Boston Globe, March 1, 2010.

Reviewing the Claremont Trio and the Setzer-Finckel-Han Trio.
Boston Globe, February 23, 2010.

I made it from a 1:30 concert at the Gardner Museum to a 3:00 concert at Jordan Hall by running a nine-minute mile. Not bad for an overweight critic! Two days later, my knees still hurt.

Reviewing Continuum at Harvard.
Boston Globe, February 22, 2010.

Reviewing Collage New Music.
Boston Globe, February 10, 2010.

Reviewing the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet.
Boston Globe, February 8, 2010.

Reviewing Randall Scarlata and Jeremy Denk.
Boston Globe, January 20, 2010.

Reviewing the Boston Symphony Chamber Players.
Boston Globe, January 12, 2010.

Taking a stand for Messiah.
Boston Globe, December 19, 2009.

I would probably quote George Bernard Shaw in every article I wrote if I could, but his riff on standing for the “Hallelujah” chorus was cut for space: calling Handel not just a composer, not just an institution, but “a sacred institution,” Shaw mischievously judged the tradition “the nearest sensation to the elevation of the Host known to English Protestants.”

Reviewing Boston Baroque’s annual Messiah.
Boston Globe, December 15, 2009.