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Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia ends its 2015-2016 season
Three stunning premieres, two classics, one fine soloist
Three premieres by living composers, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with soloist Lana Trotovsek, and Mozart’s Haffner Symphony conclude the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's season. Modern works were enthusiastically received, and Trotovsek brought out the beauty in the familiar Mendelssohn concerto.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin concludes the Philadelphia Orchestra's 2015-16 season
The Philadelphia Orchestra's season concludes with a first and a last
Yannick Nézet-Séguin ended the Orchestra’s subscription concert season with performances of Rachmaninoff and Mahler. Now, what about his tenure as Music Director?
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Astral Artists and Bach at Seven get saxy
A saxfest and a rock apocalypse
Astral Artists and Bach at Seven explore the possibilities of the saxophone and the value of adding rock elements to a religious choral work.
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Philadelphia Orchestra continues its celebration of John Williams
John Williams, Beethoven, and Ravel, all in good company
'Star Wars' composer John Williams offers a blend of romantic feeling and contemporary verve in his Violin Concerto. The program opened with Ravel’s airy 'Pavane for a Dead Princess,' and continued with Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.
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Opera Philadelphia's 'The Elixir of Love' ('L'Elisir d'Amore')
Funny and beautifully sung, but where's Donizetti?
Opera Philadelphia's production of 'The Elixir of Love' is funny and beautifully sung. What more do you want? Well, how about fidelity to the composer’s intentions?
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Paul Rardin ends first season at Mendelssohn Club with "Alleluias for Alan"
Passing the baton with style
The Mendelssohn Club ends its new conductor’s first season with a salute to the English choral tradition and a pair of Alleluias for his predecessor.
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Philadelphia Orchestra Plays Williams, Debussy and Mussorgsky
Stéphane Denève, Yo-Yo Ma, and Stoki the real stars here
They came for John Williams, but stayed for this concert's excellent second half. Among its five selections, conductor Stéphane Denève led Stokowski's crowd-pleasing orchestration of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.
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Tempesta di Mare does Venice and Naples
Pleasures of the recorder and lute
Six of Tempesta di Mare’s principals went one-to-a-part with music from two of Baroque Italy’s musical capitals.
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AVA’s Puccini double bill
Dirty deeds along the Seine
Puccini’s neglected Il Tabarro usually gets no respect. But it shines in an innovative new production by the Academy of Vocal Arts.
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Why Prince was special
‘Better live now’ — and so he did
Why did an entertainer like Prince inspire a classical pianist like me? Because he refused to be pigeonholed or controlled by any force except the Almighty.
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