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Feature Articles in Issue 50:2 (Nov/Dec 2026)

Beethoven and the Tin-Ear Syndrome

FEATURE REVIEW: DEFENDING THE MUSIC: Michael Steinberg at the Boston Globe, 1964–1976 Conceived by Jorja Fleezanis; edited by Susan Feder, Jacob Jahiel, and Marc Mandel from writings by Michael Steinberg, with a preface and notes by the editors. Oxford University Press, 2026.

A Telling Telemann Tale

FEATURE REVIEW: DEFENDING THE MUSIC: Michael Steinberg at the Boston Globe, 1964–1976 Conceived by Jorja Fleezanis; edited by Susan Feder, Jacob Jahiel, and Marc Mandel from writings by Michael Steinberg, with a preface and notes by the editors. Oxford University Press, 2026.

Is There Ever One “Right” Interpretation?

FEATURE REVIEW: DEFENDING THE MUSIC: Michael Steinberg at the Boston Globe, 1964–1976 Conceived by Jorja Fleezanis; edited by Susan Feder, Jacob Jahiel, and Marc Mandel from writings by Michael Steinberg, with a preface and notes by the editors. Oxford University Press, 2026.

Of Hotels, Shoes, and the Possibility of Reviewing Music

Seeking Wisdom, Truth, Beauty, Goodness: An Interview with Andrew Maxfield

The Unknown Composer , Chapter 4: The Adolescent Composer

FEATURE REVIEW: MAXFIELD, ANDREW: Wind, Water, Stone... (Kam Kavanaugh)

When Music Calls: Foregoing the Safe Path and Finding Fulfillment

FEATURE REVIEW: MAXFIELD, ANDREW: Stations of the Cross (Kam Kavanaugh)

FEATURE REVIEW: LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN, ALDO: Emporium. Clarinet Concerto... (Aldo López-Gavilán)

FEATURE REVIEW: MAXFIELD, ANDREW: Stations of the Cross (Kam Kavanaugh)

FEATURE REVIEW: LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN, ALDO: Emporium. Clarinet Concerto... (Aldo López-Gavilán)

FEATURE REVIEW: MAXFIELD, ANDREW: Wind, Water, Stone... (Kam Kavanaugh)

Broadcasting the Sense of Music: An Interview with Composer and Broadcaster Ian Carson

FEATURE REVIEW: MAXFIELD, ANDREW: Wind, Water, Stone... (Kam Kavanaugh)

FEATURE REVIEW: CARSON, IAN: My Beloved Son. What Is the Lord’s... (Andrea Brown)

FEATURE REVIEW: MAXFIELD, ANDREW: Wind, Water, Stone... (Kam Kavanaugh)

FEATURE REVIEW: CARSON, IAN: My Beloved Son. What Is the Lord’s... (Andrea Brown)

From Rick James to the Midwest Clinic Bands, Mark Morette Captures Generations of Music

An Interview with Conductor David Danzmayr

Bringing the Past into the Present: An Interview with the Olmos Ensemble

FEATURE REVIEW: AKIHO, ANDY: Beneath Lighted Coffers. Concerto... (David Danzmayr)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHONTHAL, RUTH; TILLMETZ, RUDOLF; STRAUSS, RICHARD (Mark Teplitsky)

FEATURE REVIEW: AKIHO, ANDY: Beneath Lighted Coffers. Concerto... (David Danzmayr)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHONTHAL, RUTH; TILLMETZ, RUDOLF; STRAUSS, RICHARD (Mark Teplitsky)

FEATURE REVIEW: AKIHO, ANDY: Beneath Lighted Coffers. Concerto... (David Danzmayr)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHONTHAL, RUTH; TILLMETZ, RUDOLF; STRAUSS, RICHARD (Mark Teplitsky)

FEATURE REVIEW: AKIHO, ANDY: Beneath Lighted Coffers. Concerto... (David Danzmayr)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHONTHAL, RUTH; TILLMETZ, RUDOLF; STRAUSS, RICHARD (Mark Teplitsky)

FEATURE REVIEW: AKIHO, ANDY: Beneath Lighted Coffers. Concerto... (David Danzmayr)

“Like Opening a Lost Treasure”: Joseph Beer’s Der Prinz von Schiras

FEATURE REVIEW: AKIHO, ANDY: Beneath Lighted Coffers. Concerto... (David Danzmayr)

FEATURE REVIEW: BEER, JOSEPH: Der Prinz von Schiras (Stefan Veselka)

FEATURE REVIEW: AKIHO, ANDY: Beneath Lighted Coffers. Concerto... (David Danzmayr)

FEATURE REVIEW: BEER, JOSEPH: Der Prinz von Schiras (Stefan Veselka)

Jakob Davidsen Discusses His New Song Cycle

FEATURE REVIEW: BEER, JOSEPH: Der Prinz von Schiras (Stefan Veselka)

FEATURE REVIEW: DAVIDSEN, JAKOB: The individual and the entire tissue (Signe Asmussen)

FEATURE REVIEW: BEER, JOSEPH: Der Prinz von Schiras (Stefan Veselka)

FEATURE REVIEW: DAVIDSEN, JAKOB: The individual and the entire tissue (Signe Asmussen)

A Conversation with Baritone Jean-François Rouchon

FEATURE REVIEW: DAVIDSEN, JAKOB: The individual and the entire tissue (Signe Asmussen)

FEATURE REVIEW: SCHUBERT: Winterreise (Jean-François Rouchon)

Solastalgia: Prayers for a Feverish Planet : Pianist Ann DuHamel in Conversation

“If It Ain’t ‘Baroque’”: A Colloquy with Poul Ruders

FEATURE REVIEW: PRAYERS FOR A FEVERISH PLANET: New Music About... (Ann DuHamel)

FEATURE REVIEW: RUDERS, POUL: Transfigurations... (Michala Petri)

FEATURE REVIEW: PRAYERS FOR A FEVERISH PLANET: New Music About... (Ann DuHamel)

FEATURE REVIEW: RUDERS, POUL: Transfigurations... (Michala Petri)

FEATURE REVIEW: PRAYERS FOR A FEVERISH PLANET: New Music About... (Ann DuHamel)

FEATURE REVIEW: RUDERS, POUL: Transfigurations... (Michala Petri)

An Interview with Composer Patrick Zimmerli and Pianist Ian Gindes on Their New Album Commemorating over 250 Years of American Wartime Sacrifice

FEATURE REVIEW: RUDERS, POUL: Transfigurations... (Michala Petri)

FEATURE REVIEW: ZIMMERLI, PATRICK: Letters from the Front (Ian Gindes)

FEATURE REVIEW: RUDERS, POUL: Transfigurations... (Michala Petri)

FEATURE REVIEW: ZIMMERLI, PATRICK: Letters from the Front (Ian Gindes)

FEATURE REVIEW: RUDERS, POUL: Transfigurations... (Michala Petri)

FEATURE REVIEW: ZIMMERLI, PATRICK: Letters from the Front (Ian Gindes)

A Dialogue of Civilizations Through Music: A Conversation with Reza Vali

FEATURE REVIEW: ZIMMERLI, PATRICK: Letters from the Front (Ian Gindes)

FEATURE REVIEW: VALI: Salmak, String Quartet No. 6 (Flux Str Qrt)

A Contemporary Composer in the Tradition of Brahms and Strauss: An Interview with Icelandic Composer and Economist Thorvaldur Gylfason

FEATURE REVIEW: VALI: Salmak, String Quartet No. 6 (Flux Str Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: GYLFASON, THORVALDUR: The Icelandic Songbook (Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir)

FEATURE REVIEW: VALI: Salmak, String Quartet No. 6 (Flux Str Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: GYLFASON, THORVALDUR: The Icelandic Songbook (Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir)

FEATURE REVIEW: VALI: Salmak, String Quartet No. 6 (Flux Str Qrt)

FEATURE REVIEW: GYLFASON, THORVALDUR: The Icelandic Songbook (Hallveig Rúnarsdóttir)

Enigma—Robert Casadesus—Composer & Pianist: An Interview with Wenting Yu

We are made of hope, we are made of song : The Music and Ideas of Jocelyn Hagen

FEATURE REVIEW: ENIGMA (Wenting Yu)

FEATURE REVIEW: HAGEN, JOCELYN: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.... (Eric Holtan)

FEATURE REVIEW: ENIGMA (Wenting Yu)

FEATURE REVIEW: HAGEN, JOCELYN: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.... (Eric Holtan)

FEATURE REVIEW: ENIGMA (Wenting Yu)

A Voyage ’Round Schubert and Rachmaninoff, with Ian Hobson

FEATURE REVIEW: ENIGMA (Wenting Yu)

A Guided Tour Through Aldo López-Gavilán’s Emporium

Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 7 and Piano Concerto No. 3 (three-movement version): A Combined Discographic Discussion

FEATURE REVIEW: LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN, ALDO: Emporium. Clar­inet Concerto... (Aldo López-Gavilán)

Slightly Off the Beat

Defending the Music : Marc Mandel on the Legacy of the Late Michael Steinberg’s Years at the Boston Globe

 

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