Music
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Composer's challenge: From quartet to piano
The glory and the drudgery: A composer confronts a ‘piano reduction'
How dreary it seems to rewrite for piano what I've just written for a string quartet. But it must be done. If my song cycle is ever to have a chance for more performances, it's easier to tempt one pianist than four string players.
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Yaron Zilberman's "A Late Quartet'
How do neurotic people produce such gorgeous music?
As A Late Quartet vividly dramatizes, even the finest and most dedicated musicians are flawed human beings whose personalities, life situations and internal conflicts disrupt their music making. All the more reason to marvel at the performance of any great ensemble.
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Antidotes for black violence
To reduce black male violence, don't get tough—get smart
Who are the young black men throughout this country who kill each other on a daily basis? Adults who care to find out— and the arts— hold the key to the solution.
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Philadelphia Orchestra's new season
The blessings of austerity: A month of (mostly) new faces
The opening programs of the Philadelphia Orchestra's new season indicate it can still generate artistic excitement even while it cuts costs.
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Curtis Institute's Sejong Music Festival
Music? In the summer? In Philadelphia?
In the process of hosting a Korea-U.S. festival, Curtis Institute demonstrated, for the third time this summer, that Center City Philadelphia can too support summertime music events.
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Michael Feinstein at the Mann
The two faces of Michael
Two Michael Feinsteins were on display Friday night: the introverted pop music researcher and the strutting Broadway belter. The transitions between the two can sound awkward.
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Orchestra plays "Fantasia' at the Mann
The Orchestra's back, sort of
This summer's Mann season includes 36 programs, yet the Philadelphia Orchestra appears in only six of these, and some of those are pop or Broadway programs. Clearly, the Mann's managers seek a young, urban demographic. But they're losing those who love traditional music and theater.
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The Monkees at the Mann
The very late show
The Monkees started as an artificially contrived Beatles replica in 1966 and evolved into genuine purveyors of catchy rock songs and goofy stage antics. Their recent reunion tours found their three survivors in stronger voice than any other '60s rock group.
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Music marketing: missed opportunities
Classical promoter, cure thyself: A cautionary tale
How would you feel if you spent $25 to see an English-language opera about a major social issue and discovered you couldn't understand a word? Would that make you feel like you'd sampled a vital, exciting art form?
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Poor Richard's "Midsummer Night's Dream'
Low-budget, full employment
Poor Richard's Opera once again brightened the off-season lull with a production that skimped on everything but the singers.
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