Reviews

WBUR's Andrea Shea stopped by our September "record-a-thon" to find out more about the Gramophone Special Achievement award and the underrepresented works BMOP is dedicated to performing and preserving. Listen here.

Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times recalls the history of Boston's place in the musical vanguard through three BMOP/sound releases: Leon Kirchner: Music for Orchestra, Gunther Schuller: The Fisherman and His Wife, and Harold Shapero: Orchestral Works.

BMOP Artistic Director Gil Rose sits down with Sequenza21/ to discuss BMOP/sound, Pulitzer prize-winning compositions, and upcoming releases.

Percussionist Wang Beibei performs Anthony Paul De Ritis's The Legend of Cowherd and Weaver Girl as part of BMOP's concert A Thousand Mountain, A Million Streams at Jordan Hall on April 21, 2018. Photo credit: Clive Grainger

Stephen Hartke's The Ascent of the Equestrian in a Balloon was named one of the New York Times 25 Best Classical Recordings of 2017! Take a listen to the "breathless, fractured, skittish music" and see why the Times calls Hartke "one of the most distinctive and important living composers."

The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Musical Intelligencer weigh in on Friday's concert: "thrilling, overwhelming, historic." (photo: Kathy Wittman)

"With deliberate gestures, Rose conjured fine playing from the orchestra, the musicians laying a sturdy frame of accompaniment."

"It was a night that showed BMOP’s importance not only in presenting new work but also in advocating for contemporary classics like this one, which deserves to be heard much more widely." The Boston Globe (photo (c) Josh Reynolds)

"Sunday’s performance sparkled under Gil Rose’s baton ... This cast was strong from foxhole to farmyard" Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe

"The performances by Rose and BMOP were exemplary ... " - The Boston Globe (picture (c) Matthew J. Lee)