Jeremy Reynolds

Pittsburgh

Classical Music Critic at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Editor at OPERA America

Pittsburgh classical music critic with short arms. Hear me roar.

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Chamber Music Pittsburgh announces new season and return to Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland

1 day ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

Shervin Lainez Subscriptions for the six-concert series begin at $168 Jeremy Reynolds Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Apr 23, 2025 8:30 AM Chamber Music Pittsburgh, an organization that presents some of the top classical performers in the world, on Tuesday announced its 2025-26 season. Unlike large-scale classical orchestra concerts or operatic productions, chamber music concerts traditionally feature a small number of performers in more intimate settings. Pittsburgh has a vibrant chamber music scene...
A brand new opera about a $100 million, real-life art heist sells out in Pittsburgh

2 days ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

In 2013, a Romanian woman admitted to burning stolen art worth more than $130 million. She burned the art to protect the thief, her son, who had stolen works by Picasso, Monet, Mattise and Lucian Freud from the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam.
Bach's lost 'Markus Passion' premieres in Pittsburgh with a curious mix of music and theatricality

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

If a musical interpretation of the Passion of Christ happens in a concert hall, is it secular or religious? On Friday, Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh’s resident early music group, banded together with musical and thespian forces to present the “Markus Passion” at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. The original “Markus” was lost to history, but the libretto (the text) is still known.
Could Thursday concerts help the Pittsburgh Symphony rebuild an audience?

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

Just because things have always been done a certain way doesn’t mean that’s how they should be done now. The Pittsburgh Symphony has long performed its regular classical subscription concerts on Friday nights, Sunday afternoons and sometimes a third performance on Saturday night. But why? Other orchestras around the country perform on different days of the week. The Cleveland Orchestra’s concerts are Thursday-Saturday.
Pittsburgh Symphony taps former Penguins marketing officer to help sell tickets

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

James Santilli will be the orchestra's new senior vice president and chief revenue & experience officer The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is looking outside the arts world for help.
Eric James Haines, actor and performer who was a staple at local singing organizations, dies at 69

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

For singer and actor Eric James Haines, the role of a lifetime was playing President George Washington for the Washington County Tourism and Promotion Agency. When the county underwent a massive rebranding around 2008, Mr. Haines dressed up in period clothing to recite facts about himself and appear in advertisements for the county on billboards and at public fairs and events. He even threw out the first pitch at a Washington Wild Things game, dressed in full Revolutionary War uniform.
'Wicked,' 'Chicago' and 'Six' among Pittsburgh's 2025-26 Broadway series at the Cultural Trust

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, one of the city’s cultural behemoths, has announced its 2025-26 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, which will include blockbusters “Wicked,” “Les Miserables,” “Six,” “Chicago” and seven other shows. At a time when some performing arts organizations are struggling to sell tickets, the Cultural Trust’s Broadway series is typically selling at 85%-100% of capacity, a Trust spokesperson said.
Pittsburgh musicians to premiere a new version of Bach's lost 'Markus Passion' | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

In recent months, a couple of lost works by famous classical composers have been found or rediscovered. First, in September, a library in Leipzig, Germany,...
An encounter with a famous choir makes us wonder: Why does Gregorian chant still resonate?

2 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Jeremy Reynolds

Golden-hour sunlight poured in, transmuted to shades of blues and reds and greens by the stained-glass windows of St. Bernard's Church. As hundreds of people packed into pews, haunting strains of organ music began to float through the church, a simple melody by Bach echoing among Gothic Revival stone columns and quickly multiplying, inspiring a hush among the crowd. This wasn't a typical Lenten mass for the church.
An encounter with a famous choir makes us wonder: Why does Gregorian chant still resonate?

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Jeremy Reynolds

Golden-hour sunlight poured in, transmuted to shades of blues and reds and greens by the stained-glass windows of St. Bernard’s Church. As hundreds of people packed into pews, haunting strains of organ music began to float through the church, a simple melody by Bach echoing among Gothic Revival stone columns and quickly multiplying, inspiring a hush among the crowd. This wasn’t a typical Lenten mass for the church.

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Articles

Chamber Music Pittsburgh announces new season and return to Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland

A brand new opera about a $100 million, real-life art heist sells out in Pittsburgh

Bach's lost 'Markus Passion' premieres in Pittsburgh with a curious mix of music and theatricality

Could Thursday concerts help the Pittsburgh Symphony rebuild an audience?

Pittsburgh Symphony taps former Penguins marketing officer to help sell tickets

Eric James Haines, actor and performer who was a staple at local singing organizations, dies at 69

'Wicked,' 'Chicago' and 'Six' among Pittsburgh's 2025-26 Broadway series at the Cultural Trust

Pittsburgh musicians to premiere a new version of Bach's lost 'Markus Passion' | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An encounter with a famous choir makes us wonder: Why does Gregorian chant still resonate?

An encounter with a famous choir makes us wonder: Why does Gregorian chant still resonate?

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