Beethoven – Girl at the Opera

Emperor at Houston Symphony

January 16, 2017Sydney Boyd

If I had to choose just one piece of music to listen to for the rest of my life, Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto might be it. It’s the human experience, majestic and honest. At the Houston Symphony on Thursday, it was less… Continue Reading →

A Little Schumann with Your Beethoven?

November 30, 2014Sydney Boyd

A pizzicato—the string vibrating against the fingerboard, sound reverberating against the air for a tiny moment—opened all three pieces on the program last night at Jones Hall. Concluding Houston Symphony’s “Three Weeks of Beethoven,” the First and Fourth symphonies were… Continue Reading →