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Met's "Simon Boccanegra' on simulcast
Domingo and Morris confront eternity
The Met's new production of Verdi's unjustly ignored masterpiece, Simon Boccanegra, had even more impact on a big screen than in the opera house. Imagine Domingo and Morris, in close-up and in the fullness of their maturity, singing beautifully about the end of life.
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Bachfest by Vox Ama Deus at the Perelman
Bach: One conductor's vision
Valentin Radu's idiosyncratic personal vision shapes a winter Bachfest at “Castle Perelman.”
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Richard Goode/Jonathan Biss piano recital (2nd review)
Odd couple
On the surface, Richard Goode and Jonathan Biss have little in common. Yet these pianists played together almost as if they were one person.
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The Orchestra's inane marketing
‘Unexpect yourself!' (And other inanities from the Orchestra's marketing department)
Against his better judgment, Dan Coren reads a mailing from the Philadelphia Orchestra. Looking for something new? Don't open this brochure!
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AVA's "Norma' and "Trovatore' in concert
Bellini, Verdi and the difference
The recent Academy of Vocal Arts concert offered beautiful, professional-level singing with strong accompaniment by the AVA orchestra, conducted by the school's musical director, Christofer Macatsoris. It also provided inadvertent insight into the difference between Bellini and Verdi.
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Chamber groups and the Orchestra
Moonlighting sonatas: Our debt to the Orchestra
Two of our local chamber music groups present programs that serve as relevant reminders of our city's debt to the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Guitarists Kaukonen and Bromberg at the Keswick
Pickin' on the blues
Two great guitarists revisit their musical roots in an evening of virtuoso finger-picking.
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Black audiences and classical music
A cure for ailing orchestras: Consider the black audience
In theory, black people don't like classical music. It's a fallacious theory, as I can attest, but it often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Now a visionary Philadelphia conductor is demonstrating that a classical orchestra can thrive by looking beyond racial stereotypes.
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Pianist Robert Levin with the Orchestra
Inside Mozart's brain
Last weekend's unexpected treat was the pianist Robert Levin, a Harvard humanities professor endowed with the mind of a composer as well as a very entertaining teacher, who took the Philadelphia Orchestra's audience on an exuberant journey inside Mozart's mind.
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The Who across the generations
Adolescence revisited: My lifelong journey with The Who
For more than 30 years the legendary British band The Who has guided me through the vicissitudes of adolescence and adulthood. Now The Who is preparing to play the Super Bowl. Can I share my personal heroes with the rest of the world?
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