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Vertigo String Quartet at Curtis Institute
To be young and tackling mature masters
The youthful Vertigo String Quartet, all Curtis graduates in their mid-20s, returned to give an alumni recital in Field Concert Hall with one of their teachers, Steven Tenenbom, in a program of late Brahms and Shostakovich, followed by compositions by two of their own members. Already accomplished, this group should, happily, be with us for some time to come.
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One tenor's musical odyssey
Between black and Baroque: One adventurous tenor's musical odyssey
The versatile black tenor and musicologist Darryl Taylor has evolved from rhythm and blues to Classical to African American art song. Lately he's singing Baroque music written in the 18th Century for castrati. Can this one-man musical life force straddle several worlds without short-changing any of them?
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Brahms German Requiem by Chamber Orchestra (2nd review)
God's favorite agnostic
Ignat Solzhenitsyn leads a moving performance of a work that ventures into the deepest emotional areas of human life.
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Brahms German Requiem by Chamber Orchestra (1st review)
Another challenge for the Chamber Orchestra (it's called the Perelman Theater)
The Choral Arts Society's performance of Brahms's German Requiem was in many ways a cornucopia of musical riches. But the acoustics of the Perelman Theater made it as frustrating as it was satisfying.
Lyric Fest's "Music in the White House'
A White House variety show
Lyric Fest sampled the tastes of U.S. presidents, whose musical interests could be surprisingly sophisticated. In the process, “Music in the White House” inadvertently reflected another important aspect of American culture: our inherent cosmopolitanism.
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"A Scandal in Bohemia,' by Orchestra 2001
Sherlock sings
This new opera about Sherlock Holmes creates a true Holmesian atmosphere, obviously written by someone who understands the Holmes legend. Thomas Whitman's music ranges from workmanlike to inspired.
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Cleveland Orchestra plays Mozart and Shostakovich
Cleveland's odd couple at the Kimmel
With the Philadelphia Orchestra AWOL for the month of February, the visiting Cleveland Orchestra came to the Kimmel Center to pick up some of the slack. Conductor Franz Welser-Most has a habit of rushing fast passages and clipping end-phrases, but his reading of the Shostakovich Leningrad Symphony proved a crowd-pleaser.
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Sonata-form (Part 10): Mozart's brilliant move
Inside Mozart's brain on the day he changed the music world
The development section of the finale of Mozart's “Jupiter” Symphony ends with a move as brilliant as a Bobby Fischer chess combination. In the tenth installment of his series on sonata-form, Dan Coren contemplates this passage.
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Astral's Saeka Matsuyama violin recital
Different times, different voices
A young violinist traverses 200 years of musical styles with the skill of a talented actor hopping through a series of costume changes and radically different characters.
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Live opera vs. high-definition screenings
Opera at the movie house: I love the Met, but....
Which is better: Live opera at the Met in New York, or a high-definition transmission at your local movie theater? Maybe that's the wrong question. Why not get the best of both worlds, as I do?
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