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Montalbano: Remorseless image.

Choral Arts Society's Gesualdo program (2nd review)

Modern voices, Renaissance sins

Matthew Glandorf placed Renaissance Lenten music in context by juxtaposing it with modern artists like T.S. Eliot, Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, and Dame Edith Sitwell.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read
Leonard: Triumph over acoustics.

Orchestra-Ballet's "Pulcinella' collaboration (1st review)

What was PIFA thinking?

In a concert ballyhooed as an historic co-production of a ballet company and an orchestra, Falla's Three-Cornered Hat was performed complete, but without the dancing. Which begs just one question: Why?

Articles 3 minute read
Gesualdo: A genius, and a killer.

Choral Arts Society's Gesualdo program (1st review)

The 16th Century's answer to Roman Polanski

The Choral Arts Society's program based on the music of Carlo Gesualdo was daring, and not just because the composer was a triple murderer.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 4 minute read
Bengtson: Making his own breaks.

Trio Camille and Buxtehude Consort

The artist as entrepreneur

Two musical go-getters, pianist Matt Bengtson and baritone John Fowler, enhance Philadelphia's musical life while creating opportunities for themselves and their colleagues.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read
Bachmann: Wedding gift.

Contemporary music: Two concerts

After the revolution

Philip Glass and George Rochberg may have revolutionized new music, but their work seems almost mannered next to two younger composers who took advantage of their rebellion.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read

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Williams: A bright future. (Photo: Donato Valentino.)

Concert Operetta's "Carp' and "Galatea'

Here come the waltzes

Who introduced the waltz to 19th-Century European romantic theater? Guess again— it wasn't Johann Strauss.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Reiter  (left),  MacNeil: Aesop had the right idea. (Photo: Curtis Institute.)

Curtis Opera's 'Cunning Little Vixen'

If we could talk to the animals

Janácek's The Cunning Little Vixen is so brimful with melodies and lush orchestration that it ought to be part of the standard operatic repertoire. Since that won't happen— philosophical allegories lack mass appeal—Curtis deserves our gratitude for reviving it.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 2 minute read
Fox: Romantic interlude.

Tempesta di Mare's "Characters of the Dance'

Dancing, from Bach to Stallone

Tempesta di Mare combined a first-class Bach performance with a lesson in Baroque dance forms, not to mention a mysterious connection to Sylvester Stallone's Rocky.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read
Larusdottir: Dramatic entrance.

Astral Artists showcases Aaron Jay Kernis

Renaissance traps, successfully avoided

Aaron Jay Kernis finished his two-year stint as Astral Artists' first composer in residence with two spectacular pieces that starred a spectacular soprano.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 3 minute read
Barnet: The cello also sings.

Orchestra 2001 plays Hindemith

Orchestra 2001's odd couple

Hindemith and folk songs? It's an odd juxtaposition, but the two halves created a thoroughly enjoyable Saturday night outing.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read