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Tempesta di Mare's Hamburg concert
The burghers of Hamburg:
A few kind words for mixing music and business
The Tempesta di Mare Baroque Orchestra artfully showcased the musical culture of an 18th-Century city governed by businessmen.
Orchestra Music from Hamburg: Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra. Emlyn Ngai, concertmaster; Gwyn Roberts, flute. October 4, 2008 at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church. (215) 755-8776 or www.tempestadimare.org.
Orchestra Music from Hamburg: Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra. Emlyn Ngai, concertmaster; Gwyn Roberts, flute. October 4, 2008 at Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church. (215) 755-8776 or www.tempestadimare.org.
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New York Philharmonic at Verizon
The conductor as intellectual
Lorin Maazel’s tenure at the New York Philharmonic may be winding down, but Friday’s all-Tchaikovsky program displayed his expressiveness and emotionalism as well as his cultivation of beautiful sound.
New York Philharmonic: All-Tchaikovsky program. Lorin Maazel, conductor. October 3, 2008 at Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center. (215) 893-1999 or www.kimmelcenter.org.
New York Philharmonic: All-Tchaikovsky program. Lorin Maazel, conductor. October 3, 2008 at Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center. (215) 893-1999 or www.kimmelcenter.org.
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Lyric Fest's "Mahler Resurrected'
The kind but tyrannical perfectionist
The Lyric Fest song series opened its season with a portrait of Gustav Mahler, consisting of letters, music and songs assembled by performers who've spent a significant portion of their careers mastering his work.
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Baseball or Beethoven?
Baseball or Beethoven?
My dilemma resolved
Our music critic confronted a painful choice: The concert hall or the ballpark? Then Jimmy Rollins solved the dilemma for him.
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Sonata-form, Part 9: The augmented sixth
Sonata-form, Part 9: Beethoven's miraculous device, the augmented sixth
In Part 9 of his series on sonata-form, Dan Coren discusses one of the most sophisticated devices available in the toolkit of classical harmony: “For me, hearing a dominant seventh become an augmented sixth is one of the miracles of the natural world, something akin to seeing a chameleon change color.”
Simone Dinnerstein: A concert not to miss
Advance notice: Simone Dinnerstein in full flower
The young pianist Simone Dinnerstein makes a practice of playing complicated works and making them look easy.
Center City Opera's "ConNEXTions' (2nd review)
Operas that ought to be musicals
Center City Opera Theatre performed parts of three new operas at the recent Philadelphia Fringe Festival. It's an estimable service, but I wonder whether these works stand a chance for future performances.
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Critic's music picks for 2008-09
A few highly personal selections from a coming musical season that encompasses six hundred years of styles and passions.
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Center City Opera Theater's "ConNEXTions'
From an initial stack of more than 100 submissions, Center City Opera Theater selected three pieces that best presented “new work, new artists,” while building “new audiences.” I can’t speak for the 97 rejected short operas, but on the basis of "ConNEXTions," I’d say contemporary opera faces a tough sledding ahead.
“ConNEXTions.” The Golden Gate: music by Conrad Cummings. Fade: music by Stefan Weisman, libre
“ConNEXTions.” The Golden Gate: music by Conrad Cummings. Fade: music by Stefan Weisman, libre
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Fringe Festival: ""¦And Piano Make Three'
Philip Seward’s short one-act opera serializes the love triangle between a pianist, his girlfriend and… his piano. If only the lyrics had lived up to this unusual idea and Seward’s pleasing melodic lines.
…And Piano Make Three. Music by Philip Seward. Through September 6, 2008 at Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. (215) 925-9914 or www.livearts-fringe.org/2008/det
…And Piano Make Three. Music by Philip Seward. Through September 6, 2008 at Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St. (215) 925-9914 or www.livearts-fringe.org/2008/det
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