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"Suor Angelica' and 'Il Tabarro' by AVA
Justice for Puccini
Puccini's music, often taken for granted, is best displayed when his operas are performed with the instrumentalists on stage, as the Academy of Vocal Arts did in this double bill.
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Philadelphia Orchestra's "Inca Trail' concert
Fresh air from very far south of the border
For one magical evening, the varied music of South America's Inca Trail spilled out of Verizon Hall and into the Kimmel's usually vacant lobby. Is his the long-awaited formula for breathing life into Philadelphia's underachieving cultural center?
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Lipkin plays Beethoven at Curtis
A veteran jockey riding a tough mount
Pianist Seymour Lipkin's technique is not what it once was, but there was still much to be culled from an artist who has devoted a lifetime's study to Beethoven's keyboard literature.
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Pianist Mitsuko Uchida at the Perelman
Restless explorer of the keyboard
When the bruisingly intense pianist Mitsuko Uchida sits down at her instrument, you sense that not only will the audience hear the music in some new way, but also Uchida herself will make discoveries along the way. It's a brave and exciting way to make music, and fraught with risk.
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Natalie Zhu with Ricardo Morales
A useful tip, a timely reminder
Without musicians like these three, conductors would just be well-dressed exhibitionists waving their arms. Oh, and keep your eye on the pianist Natalie Zhu.
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Noseda conducts Orchestra's DvoÅ™ák
The pinch-hitter also rises
Gianandrea Noseda, pinch-hitting for Donald Runnicles, put his own stamp on a seemingly innocuous program. His aggressively dramatic interpretation of the DvoÅ™ák Eighth Symphony was unlike any I've heard before.
Yannick and the Orchestra: Mozart's "Requiem' (2nd review)
Let us now praise obscure composers (and Yannick too)
The Philadelphia Orchestra's stellar performance of Mozart's Requiem reminded this listener that great music isn't merely the work of a few giants. Consider the forgotten Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who selflessly finished Mozart's work while others around the master engaged in a post-mortem feeding-frenzy.
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Yannick and the Orchestra: Mozart's "Requiem' (1st review)
The chorus and the Orchestra: The real Yannick finally stands up
Yannick Nézet-Séguin cut his teeth as a choral director but has bent over backwards to avoid being typecast as an opera maestro in Philadelphia. But his dazzling Mozart/Debussy concert displayed his love of vocal music, and the likelihood that Philadelphians can expect much more.
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Blue Man Group: An "80s relic
Growing up and selling out
Blue Man Group was quite avant-garde in the '80s. But this male trio can't seem to accept that modern society has outgrown the group's message and even its form. Flashing lights on stage screens just don't do it any more.
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Valentina Lisitsa: Who needs concert halls?
A virtuoso for the Internet age: The greatest pianist you never heard of
The Ukrainian-American pianist Valentina Lisitsa has been playing for years at a level worthy of comparison with the likes of Vladimir Horowitz and Sviatislav Richter. Yet she's easier to find on YouTube than in concert halls.