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Temple Orchestra's hidden assets
Why do I love Temple? Let me count the ways
Temple's orchestra presented a varied program that showcased conductor Luis Biava and Philadelphia's leading tuba virtuoso.
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Philadelphia Orchestra's percussion virtuoso
Drums to waken Wagner, and Stokowski too
Percussionist Colin Currie starred in a noisy and outrageous performance that discomfited some folks in the Philadelphia Orchestra's audience, just the way Leopold Stokowski's innovations used to do.
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3 minute read
Palm Sunday's musical miracles
Minor miracles of a Palm Sunday
Our church continued our tradition of the chanted Passion this past Palm Sunday. Over the years we've tweaked it to accommodate the singers and musicians, most of whom are amateurs. The result is itself one of the miracles of the Easter season.
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Massenet's "Don Quichotte' by AVA
Tilting at Massenet's windmill
Don Quichotte was conceived for Feodor Chaliapin, who possessed a large, deep and expressive bass voice, but Massenet's music asks for understatement and subtlety. Maybe that's why it's so rarely performed. The AVA got the casting right.
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Tempesta di Mare's "Messiah'
Messiah, without the Christmas haze
Tempesta di Mare presented a St. Patrick's Day reminder that there's more to Irish culture than green hats and beer-soaked rowdies.
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4 minute read
Thomas Lloyd's "Bonhoeffer' (2nd review)
A martyr's gamble (and a composer's too)
Thomas Lloyd calls his Bonhoeffer a “choral theater piece,” which is exactly right. It's 70 minutes of choral singing, but this tribute to a World War II martyr doesn't present itself as a choir performance. Watching it is like watching an elaborate church service play out.
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4 minute read
Harumi Hanafusa with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra
A shaman, a Frenchman, and a mythical city
The Japanese pianist Harumi Hanafusa, a welcome addition to the New York cultural scene, brought two very different concertos to her Pace University performance with the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra: Ravel's familiar Concerto in G and Akira Nichimura's A Shaman, in its debut.
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3 minute read
A moment of crisis at the Orchestra (3rd comment)
One night at the Orchestra: A community and a crisis
Something unusual occurred at Saturday night's Philadelphia Orchestra concert, apparently unnoticed by local music critics. On the surface it had nothing to do with the music. But maybe it did.
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3 minute read
The Crossing's disappointing "Bonhoeffer' (1st review)
A heroic martyr who deserved better
The Crossing premiered a disappointing work on a promising subject: A theologian who sacrificed his life by opposing Hitler.
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4 minute read
Dohnányi conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra (2nd review)
The youth of an octogenarian
How do you save a modern orchestra? Restoring public education is the first step. Then, can the gimmicks and play great music as well as conductor Christoph von Dohnányi and soloist Rudolf Buchbinder did this past weekend.
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