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Orchestra's "inter-war' concert (2nd review)
A tyranny Yannick never knew
Yannick Nézet-Séguin is only 37, with no conscious memory of Stalin or Hitler. Yet he instinctively grasped the emotions of composers who suffered under those tyrants.
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Clarinet debut: Romie de Guise-Langlois
Memories, encounters and good news from Syria
In her Philadelphia recital debut, Romie de Guise-Langlois explored the development of the clarinet repertoire, including a premiere that may evoke her earliest memories.
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Tokyo Quartet's farewell at the Perelman
Going out in style
The Tokyo Quartet has been one of the world's premier ensembles for nearly half a century. In its penultimate Philadelphia recital, it fittingly provided a sense of the continuity of the Western Classical tradition
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The hawk, the hummingbird and the composer (Part I)
Mother Nature's wonderful world of killing (and one composer who's grateful for it)
Outside my porch, a hawk struggled for survival with a hummingbird. On my porch, I struggled to produce a commissioned work of music. And you wonder where composers find our inspiration.
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Ricardo Morales in clarinet recital
Return of the prodigal son
Ricardo Morales left the Philadelphia Orchestra for the greener pastures of the New York Philharmonic— much greener, after the Orchestra's recent bankruptcy. But now he has returned, playing as splendidly as ever in his recital with the excellent Natalie Zhu.
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Orchestra's "inter-war' concert (1st review)
From decadence to terror: A 20th Century journey
Yannick Nézet-Séguin's mid-month program with the Philadelphia Orchestra featured three works composed during Europe's interwar decades, each in its way bearing the marks of that tumultuous period.
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Orchestra's maestro-less Mozart
Mozart sans maestro
Which conductor gets the most out of Mozart? The Philadelphia Orchestra's recent program suggests that the answer may be: no conductor at all.
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A mammoth "Les Troyens' at the Met
Homer and Virgil, in ‘only' five acts
Les Troyens is a mammoth work that's rarely staged, for understandable reasons. The new Met production defied the range of one fine tenor, but a little-known replacement came to the rescue.
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The search for an 'American culture' (a reply)
Good news for rootless Americans: The world is our birthright
Is America's mongrelized, fragmented culture a handicap for American artists? Or is it one of the special advantages of American birth?
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The winning "Messiah': Vox Ama Deus
Who's the fairest Messiah of them all?
I heard four Messiahs during the recent holiday season. Three were respectably devout; only one was exciting. Vox Ama Deus focused on artistic concerns; three other major orchestras seemed preoccupied with cutting their overtime costs.
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