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Dylan the Romantic
What is Romanticism, really? If you won’t listen to the song cycles of Schubert or Schumann, you can find the answer in the song cycles of Bob Dylan.
Shostakovich in New York
Valery Gergiev wraps up his Shostakovich symphony cycle in New York, and reveals a composer on whom the 20th Century set its seal as on no other.
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Orchestra's thin skin
Peter Dobrin, it appears, really does get under the skin of the Orchestra's management after all.
OCP's 'La Bohème'
OCP has settled into a groove of predictably pleasant productions: If they don’t blow you away, neither do they go up in flames. And what could be more realistic than an opera about sruggling artists performed by struggling artists?
La Bohème. By Giacomo Puccini; directed by Robert Driver. Opera Company of Philadelphia production through Nov. 11, 2006 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts. (215) 893-3600 or www.operaphi
La Bohème. By Giacomo Puccini; directed by Robert Driver. Opera Company of Philadelphia production through Nov. 11, 2006 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts. (215) 893-3600 or www.operaphi
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Eschenbach bows out
Christoph Eschenbach’s departure from the Philadelphia Orchestra, just five years after he arrived, reflects a planning deficiency reminiscent of the war in Iraq. It leaves the Orchestra’s board with the sort of succession headache it hasn’t suffered since 1912. The good news is: That crisis turned out very well indeed.
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Survival in the digital age
Bob Dylan’s career arc— from records to movies to DVDs to books to the Internet— is a tribute to the power and versatility of modern media. Other modern composers like Luciano Berio— not to mention old stalwarts like Beethoven— weren’t so fortunate. But whose work will survive the next time the electric power grid fails?
Philadelphia Orchestra with André Watts
While maestro Eschenbach kept the symphonic gush poised and understated, Watts dispatched the Brahms Second in a manner reminiscent of Olivier playing Hamlet. Poor Pyotr Tchaikovsky wasn’t so lucky.
Brahms Piano Concerto #2, Tchaikovsky Symphony #6 (Pathetique). Philadelphia Orchestra with piano soloist André Watts. Oct. 5-10, 2006 at Verizon Hall. 215-293-1900 or www.philorch.org.
Brahms Piano Concerto #2, Tchaikovsky Symphony #6 (Pathetique). Philadelphia Orchestra with piano soloist André Watts. Oct. 5-10, 2006 at Verizon Hall. 215-293-1900 or www.philorch.org.
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Rufus Wainwright at Penn
Rock star Rufus Wainwright is the gay man straight women want to sleep with and straight males watch to discover his secret.
Rufus Wainwright with Jill Stevenson. Oct. 6, 2006 at Irvine Auditorium,
University of Pennsylvania Campus (34th and Spruce St.). www.rufuswainwright.com.
Rufus Wainwright with Jill Stevenson. Oct. 6, 2006 at Irvine Auditorium,
University of Pennsylvania Campus (34th and Spruce St.). www.rufuswainwright.com.
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Chamber Orchestra's Shostakovich
The much-persecuted Dmitri Shostakovich was served heaping portions of artistic justice for his 100th birthday. As conducted by Ignat Solzhenitsyn and performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the four works soared with bold statements and rich subtleties, bringing forth every emotional dimension and texture.
Shostakovich Centennial Celebration. Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. September 25, 2006, at Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center. (215) 545-5451 or
Shostakovich Centennial Celebration. Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. September 25, 2006, at Perelman Theater in the Kimmel Center. (215) 545-5451 or
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Eschenbach pro and con
The Inquirer’s Peter Dobrin says Christoph Eschenbach should go because the Philadelphia Orchestra’s musicians don’t like him. Is Dobrin too young to remember legendary martinets like Fritz Reiner and George Szell?