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Dolce Suono presents ‘Rediscoveries: Festival of American Chamber Music II’
Marvelous midcentury
The second in a series of Dolce Suono concerts of American chamber music highlighted varied instrumentation and concepts from the fertile midcentury period, reviving music rarely heard today. Victor L. Schermer reviews.
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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Erin Morley’s ‘Love Songs’
Love takes many forms
Soprano Erin Morley brought her recital, under the unassuming title of ‘Love Songs,’ to the new performance venue at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Fine Art Music Company presents ‘War of the Romantics Part II’
Brahms versus Wagner
The musicians and actors of Fine Art Music Company brought a musical conflict of the 19th century back to life with the conclusion of a special series of Romantic music at the Ethical Society. Linda Holt reviews.
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Princeton Symphony Orchestra presents Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)’
A galaxy of music
Flutist Chelsea Knox brought stunning virtuosity and artistic insight to a program that included Liebermann’s Flute Concerto, Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)’, and Dvořák’s dance-filled Symphony No. 8 in G Major. Linda Holt reviews.
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The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Dame Sarah Connolly
Nothing like a Dame
English mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly offered a recital both ravishing and intelligent at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble presents Kile Smith’s ‘Canticle’
Delicate ecstasy
Composer and longtime BSR contributor Kile Smith demonstrates his mastery of choral music in a new recording, ‘Canticle,’ now available on CD or for download. Peter Burwasser reviews.
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Piffaro and Sonnambula present ‘Dancers’ Delight’
A Renaissance in spring
This March evening of Renaissance dance music revives the fresh and artful sound of the era. Margaret Darby reviews.
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Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philadelphia present ‘Don Giovanni’
Missing the mark among #MeToo
Curtis Opera Theatre takes a gutsy chance by grappling with the thorny sexual politics of ‘Don Giovanni,’ but R.B. Schlather’s revisionist production often misses the mark. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents pianist Jan Lisiecki
The moods of Mendelssohn
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra brought fresh verve to Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, hwile Jan Lisiecki, one of the great emerging piano artists, dazzled in the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1. Linda Holt reviews.
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The Academy of Vocal Arts presents Mozart’s ‘Cosí fan tutte’
Too much, wanting more
Exquisite singing and orchestral playing enliven a by-the-numbers production of ‘Cosí fan tutte’ at AVA. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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