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Opera Philadelphia's 'Yardbird' (second review)
Bird Lives!
Yardbird is a profoundly moving and extraordinary musical experience that works on every level imaginable.
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Opera Philadelphia's 'Yardbird' (third review)
Ill-conceived hagiography
It’s possible to love jazz and classical music; I’ve done so for most of my life, as has Yardbird's composer. He created an intriguing combination of the two genres, but it has problems of another sort.
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3 minute read
Frank Sinatra: An appreciation
It was a very good life
This year, the world is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Frank Sinatra, who was born to make music using the latest media to bring his performances to the masses. Like all great artists, he was consumed by an ambition that knew no bounds — after mastering the media of his time, he went on to transform them into something no one could have imagined.
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5 minute read
Dolce Suono: Música en tus Manos
Trios and boleros
The Dolce Suono Ensemble bounced through a century of Latin-American concert and popular music, with a little help from some Philadelphia public school students.
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4 minute read
James Freeman, Alan Harler, and Margaret Garwood
Thanks for the memories
The music season ends with the retirement of two creative music directors and the death of a leading Philadelphia composer.
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5 minute read
On not knowing what to say
Memorial Day
Kile Smith considers becoming a composer by not trying to be important.
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5 minute read
The end of the Philadelphia Orchestra's 2014-15 season
The violin in the drawer
The Russians had the last word for the 2014-15 Orchestra season, with a major concerto and a symphony following an American premiere.
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5 minute read
Piffaro and Laughing Bird celebrate Cipriano de Rore
Who is Cipriano de Rore? And why are we giving him a birthday party?
Piffaro celebrated a 16th-century master who’s been neglected by the early music movement.
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3 minute read
Concert Operetta Theater's 'Fledermaus'
The original Batman
An effervescent performance by Philadelphia’s Concert Operetta Theater demonstrates why Fledermaus is the prime example of the comic opera.
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3 minute read
When Tchaikovsky came to Philadelphia
Tchaikovsky's charm
On May 18, 1891, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arrived in Philadelphia to conduct the last performance of his American tour, following his triumphant opening of Carnegie Hall.
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5 minute read