Music
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Dolce Suono plays Danielpour's trio
Danielpour remembers his roots
Dolce Suono premieres a new trio by Richard Danielpour that successfully navigates the rocky territory where art meets politics.
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Yannick and the Orchestra: So far, so good (1st review)
Yannick, the hopeful one
In his first test since his appointment, music director-designate Yannick Nézet-Séguin's rhythmic freedom and steady pulse gave the Philadelphia Orchestra the confidence to bloom a bit more than usual.
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Lyric Fest's tribute to Barber's songs
Samuel Barber, songster
Samuel Barber liked to sing, but his songs are often given short shrift. Lyric Fest ably presented the most extensive look at his song output most of us will ever encounter.
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Piffaro's 1616 baptism and ballet
Once upon a time, in Stuttgart
Piffaro's historical productions can't create a full reproduction of the events they're based on. But this simulation of a 17th-Century royal baptism provided some sense of the way their music felt when it was part of the day-to-day life of the court and the street.
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Met “Boris Godunov” and its critics
Boris, we hardly knew ye (until now)
The Met's new production of Boris Godunov has been criticized because it's so long. Nonsense. At last we have a restoration of this epic of Russian history as Pushkin put it in words and as Mussorgsky transcribed it into music theater.
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The Met's "Das Rheingold' in HD-Live (2nd review)
Here's the gold. Where's the magic?
Das Rheingold scored only a middling success when I saw its live transmission in High Definition. The staging looked expensive but failed to achieve the magic of Lepage's earlier productions.
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Philadelphia Harp Music Festival
Crowded program, empty pews
The Philadelphia HarpMusicFest presents able musicians playing attractive programs. All it needs is an audience.
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Philadelphia Singers' all-American concert
When composers confront technology
The Philadelphia Singers' new emphasis on American choral music wisely exploits conductor David Hayes's conviction and understanding.
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Yo-Yo Ma at the Kimmel (1st review)
Ma's middle-aged crisis, or: Brahms, where is thy sting?
Yo-Yo Ma delivered beautiful tone but neither bite nor flashes of anger in his confusingly bland Brahms. Brahms wants his Sonata No. 1 to both shout and whisper; Ma chose to sit comfortably somewhere in between.
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Yo-Yo Ma at the Kimmel (2nd review)
How an artist makes a difference
What force could nearly fill Verizon Hall to hear a cellist, even a great cellist, especially on a night when the Phillies were fighting for survival in the National League championship series?
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