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Anti-Putin protests at the Metropolitan Opera
Raising one's voice in protest
Are political demonstrations at the opera to be applauded or deplored?
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All-Star Grammy Salute to Stevie Wonder
Songs in the key of life
The winner of 25 Grammys and countless other awards, Stevie Wonder is the American voice of our times.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra with pianist Kirill Gerstein
Beginning with Beethoven
Yannick Nézet-Séguin celebrated his new contract with the Orchestra with Beethoven, and lighter Shostakovich brought up the rear of a somewhat oddly assembled program.
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Pianist Jonathan Biss at the Kimmel
Clash of the titans
Jonathan Biss presented an unusually wide range of material, beautifully arranged and performed, in his recital at Perelman, on his way to repeating the program at Carnegie Hall.
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Relâche in Residence at the Penn Museum
Mummy movie music
I don’t know what effect Lubitsch’s film had on audiences in 1918, but in 2015 there was a fair amount of giggling. Though short on fright and mummies, the film and its thoroughly enjoyable score left no one disappointed.
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'The Merry Widow' at the Met
Renée Fleming, Susan Stroman: What could possibly go wrong?
The Merry Widow looked as if it would be the big hit of this Metropolitan Opera season. But it disappointed me and most other critics. What went wrong?
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Heidegger and the Super Bowl
Thinking football
It might be possible to argue that Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is the Heidegger of football, if anyone could actually figure out what Belichick is thinking.
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All-Mozart program by the Chamber Orchestra
A well-balanced afternoon with Mozart
A pair of last-minute substitutes led the Chamber Orchestra’s latest visit to Mozartland.
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Philadelphia Orchestra’s Russian concerts
How Russians stay warm in January
To combat January’s frost, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra set Verizon Hall ablaze with glowing performances of lush compositions from the Russian Empire’s opulent days.
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How to have a career as a composer, in 10 easy steps
If you’re a composer, or would like to become one, just follow these steps, and I’ll be content, knowing I’ve done my part to make life easier for at least one composer.
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