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The Baroque revival: Three concerts
Telemann's revenge, or: The sheer delight of going for Baroque
For musicians, today's Baroque revival has created new opportunities and challenges. For those of us who sit in the audience, it has broadened our experience and added new names to the musical firmament that were once long forgotten.

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Sandro Russo's Lisztomania
Franz Liszt is his agent
The pianist Sandro Russo has no agent, but his obsession with the music of Franz Liszt has opened global opportunities for him. His latest coup: a DVD recorded on Liszt's own 1862 Bechstein piano. (With a video excerpt of Russo playing Liszt's Bechstein.)

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Masur conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
Do I hear a symphony— before intermission?
By opening with a symphony, the popular guest conductor Kurt Masur challenged the established order of things at the Philadelphia Orchestra. In his closing piece he demonstrated a dash of audience savvy as well.

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Time-hopping with Ancient Instruments
Swept away by a Romantic sound
America's oldest active period instrument organization presented one of the most educational interludes I've experienced at a concert. The moment the big emotional voice of Vivian Barton Dozor's cello filled Old First Reformed, I understood why the Romantic movement had captivated Europe and swept away most of the music that preceded it.

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Network For New Music: Composing for painting
If Thomas Eakins could carry a tune…
The Network for New Music asked three composers to create works based on paintings— and these composers actually did what they were asked to do.

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YsaÓ¿e Quartet at Perelman Theater
Three composers face the final curtain
The YsaÓ¿e Quartet, named for the Belgian violinist Eugene YsaÓ¿e, plays with exquisite refinement and sensitivity. Unlike the steak-and-eggs mishmash offered by so many concert programs, the YsaÓ¿e's combination of late and last works by Fauré, Bartok and Franck was thoughtful and suggestive.

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"The Loathly Lady' at Penn
Freud's riddle as musical comedy
What do women want? The Penn Humanities Forum recruits a world-class early music team for the world premiere of a musical comedy about an endlessly fascinating quest. It's a stimulating evening, albeit one skewed against men.

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Guitarist John Williams at Perelman Theater
The casual virtuoso
Some virtuosos are all about showing you how good they are. John Williams is just the opposite: He actually makes you forget just how good he is, because he never allows his technical virtuosity to overshadow the essential musicality of whatever he's playing.

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Classical Symphony's "Americans in Paris'
The birth of the world (and jazz too)
The Classical Symphony's music director, Karl Middleman, spotlights a fruitful combination: Paris and jazz.

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Carol Jantsch with 1807 & Friends
The tuba gets its turn
It's hard to resist smiling at the thought of a tuba playing the lead in a chamber piece. But Carol Jantsch, the Philadelphia Orchestra's new principal tuba, quickly proved she had come to produce music, not laughs.
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