Classical Music Reviews
Concrete / Descriptive / Commentary
Nicolas writes reviews for the Boston Musical Intelligencer. He is a savvy and fair musical critic, placing high value on aesthetic interpretive choices. His writing is both concrete and descriptive in its discussion of musical terms and compositional structure. He employs a unique rhetorical style that is inter-disciplinary in nature, with commentary informed by socio-political, cultural, historical, and philosophical perspectives.
Spiritualization of the Sensual
Tone Poem Traversal at the BSO
Nordic Mythos and Majesty at the BSO
Powerhouse BSO Debuts
BPO Ineffable in Earth Song
A BSO Debut: Miraculous
BSO Closes Without the Veils
Principal Cellist Pens New Book and Plays Concerto
Blomstedt Shares Tonal Tanglewood Idyll
Rendering Warhorses with Apollonian Clarity
Sonorous Musicianship from Joshua Bell and the ASMF
Pagliacci: An Immersive Extravaganza
Haitink Closes in Style
Berlin Phil Anoints Kirill Petrenko
Wispelwey Con Anima
The BPYO Serves Cosmic Justice
A Hallows’ Eve in Jordan Hall
Apotheosized Form From the Jupiter Quartet
Programmatic Metamorphosis: “Loss – Resurrection”