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Astral Artists and Network for New Music
Saxophones and butterflies
Astral Artists and the Network for New Music present new music from Europe, Algeria, Japan, and Philadelphia.
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Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
Fresh insight born of long experience
As a last-minute replacement on the podium, Michael Tilson Thomas won over the audience with a classy program.
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Violinist Elizabeth Fayette plays four French composers
Young and promising
Elizabeth Fayette demonstrates that she possesses some of the most important qualities a violinist can bring to her work.
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PCMS presents the Modigliani Quartet
Saving the best for last
After a slow start, the Modigliani Quartet lived up to their reputation in a Perelman recital.
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The East Coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s 'Cold Mountain' (second review)
From epic novel to operatic realization
Cold Mountain manages to retain enough of the grandiose proportions of plot, effects, and setting to satisfy the opera buffs while — largely though the words and music — a more humble humanity comes through.
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Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
The one who got away
Guest conductor Vladimir Jurowski led the orchestra in a varied and challenging program that drew from it some of its best playing in years.
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Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble and Fine Art Music Company
Small but necessary
Philadelphia’s local music groups may be small, but they all have special strengths.
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The East Coast premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s 'Cold Mountain' (1st review)
An intimate musical story
A second look at Cold Mountain reveals intimate aspects. In other words, the mountain thaws out when you approach it from a different perspective.
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'L’amore de tre re' by the Academy of Vocal Arts
The AVA exhumes a buried treasure
There are reasons why L’amore de tre re was neglected for half a century, but its merits override those reasons. The AVA production performed a needed service.
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PCMS presents the Emerson Quartet
After 40 years, still on top of their game
The Emerson Quartet, still one of the world’s best, plays now with maturity as well as drive. Its annual Philadelphia performance gave us works of two Romantic masters taken all too young, as well as a modern one who experienced the horrors of his age.
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