A bow of the head in honor of Craig Smith, the perennially inspired artistic director of Emmanuel Music in Boston, who died on Nov. 14, at the age of sixty. Among his many achievements are the complete cycle of Bach cantatas in the 1970s; his collaboration with Peter Sellars on the legendary Mozart/Da Ponte cycle; his collaboration with Mark Morris on L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato; and his sublime Bach cantata recording with Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Here is Jeremy Eichler's obituary; Matthew Guerrieri says more.
