Jay Nordlinger on a concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under Klaus Mäkelä.
Paul du Quenoy on a revival of “Boris Godunov,” at the Royal Opera.
The Ligeti was his Étude No. 4, “Fanfares,” from 1985. It was light and limpid, and flavored with jazz. The Liszt was the Rhapsodie espagnole, from 1858. It is jaw-droppingly difficult. And Mr. Liu ...
On September 30, a federal district court judge in Boston upheld Harvard’s use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions against the challenge that they discriminate against Asian-Americans.