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OperaDelaware presents ‘Drive-Through Arias’
The drive to listen
OperaDelaware made its first foray into pandemic-era performance with ‘Drive-Through Arias,’ a three-performance program featuring a trio of singers bringing opera’s greatest hits to the parking lot. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Crossing presents ‘Carthage’
A journey you must take
‘Carthage,’ the latest recording from The Crossing, dwells on spirituality and doubt and musical riches. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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‘Now Your Colors Sing’ by Gerald Levinson
A 48-year suite
A new double album from Swarthmore-based composer Gerald Levinson is a retrospective of a leading light of the Philadelphia new-music scene and beyond, bursting with bright hues and grand sonorities.
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‘Synthesizer Pioneer: The Early Electronic Music of Andrew Rudin’ from Centaur Records
When the Moog was young
‘Synthesizer Pioneer’ from Centaur Records offers a survey of the quirky music for Moog Synthesizer from veteran Philadelphia composer Andrew Rudin. Peter Burwasser reviews.
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Opera Philadelphia goes online with five major streams for Digital Festival O
Opera on your couch
With its spring season canceled and its return date uncertain, Opera Philadelphia moves to make five recent productions available for streaming. Cameron Kelsall considers.
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DSO and Brasil Guitar Duo present ‘The Book of Signs’ and ‘Concerto Caboclo’
A showcase for solo and symphony
Music of our times, for our times: Gail Obenreder reviews an album from the Delaware Symphony Orchestra featuring stellar solo sounds from Brasil Guitar Duo.
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Lockdown reminds us Beethoven’s chamber music isn’t only for professionals
Beethoven and the amateurs
The COVID-19 pandemic halted not only the celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, but also music-making within the amateur community. Public concert series are unlikely to be rescheduled, but David W. Webber promises that amateurs will take up the celebration again.
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The Metropolitan Opera offers free streams of its ‘Live in HD’ series
Three things I learned from Wagner
For Kile Smith, the quarantine was well timed: just as he’s working on his first commissioned opera, he took in a Wagner marathon thanks to the Met’s nightly stream.
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Philly’s jazz community is still playing, and lifting each other up, in the pandemic
COVID-19 won’t cancel Jazz Appreciation Month
Local musicians had their calendars wiped clean as the COVID-19 pandemic descended. But they’re streaming and supporting each other. Suzanne Cloud stays connected so you can, too.
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Philly's No Rent Records presents new albums from Kyle Press and Boy Dirt Car
DIY music for the home and the heart
Quarantined at home but craving the one-of-a-kind music of Philadelphia’s illustrious DIY scene? Aaron Pond is, too, with Kyle Press’s ‘Overtones, Drones, and Saxophones’ and Boy Dirt Car’s ‘Venice Beach.’
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