Scott Cantrell

FORT WORTH — “The Sounds of Paris” was the title of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s first classical program of 2026. In the company of bona fide Frenchmen Berlioz, Debussy and Ravel, Frédéric Chopin might have seemed an odd man out, but the proudly Po... See more

Well, this is the loudest Madama Butterfly I’ve ever experienced. So I thought during much of the first act of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra ’s semi-staged presentation Friday night, at the Meyerson Symphony Center . Problems started with the Puccini oper... See more

It bears repeating: There’s no such thing as “the” Messiah . Handel didn’t use the article in the oratorio’s title, and he repeatedly revised the work for different singers and settings. Modern performances have generally favored his later revisions. The ... See more

Ironically, when we think of Spanish music, the immediate associations are often works by French composers: Bizet’s Carmen and orchestral works by Lalo, Chabrier, Debussy and Ravel. Friday night’s Dallas Symphony Orchestra concert framed two works by a ge... See more

FORT WORTH — The best Mahler Fourth Symphony in recent memory happened Friday night at Bass Performance Hall. For which thanks go to the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and its principal guest conductor, Jane Glover. The program’s first half played into Glo... See more