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Astral in Wonderland
Astral’s young artists lead a visit to the worlds of Winnie-the-Pooh, Peter Pan, and a dreamy young girl named Alice.
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Vox Renaissance Consort’s Renaissance Candlemas
The time travelers’ songs
The renaissance costumes could be cheesy, but instead they add to the magic of the music.
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Jurowski conducts Bach, Strauss, and Mahler
The composer as hero (in his own mind)
Mahler and Richard Strauss were preoccupied with the notion of the artist as hero, and both applied that prototype to themselves: Strauss in a comic mode and Mahler in a tragic one.
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Lupu and Yannick at the Kimmel (2nd review)
The upside of nationalism
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, returning to the podium for the first time since early December, thoughtfully paired two Czech masters, Smetana and Dvořák, with Bartók’s valedictory Third Piano Concerto in between.
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Three things I learned from the Beatles
The Beatles have many lessons for us, musicians and fans alike.
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Chamber music is strong in Philadelphia
Small forces, big effects
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and the Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble present two concerts that capture the variety and liveliness of the Philadelphia chamber music scene.
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Pharoah, Freda, and me
Back in his wayward youth, Bob Ingram met a lot of jazz greats — including, on one memorable night, sax great Pharoah Sanders and "Band of Gold" singer Freda Payne.
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Lupu and Yannick at the Kimmel (1st review)
Do clothes make the man?
Yannick Nézet-Séguin has apparently decided to forgo wearing a tie when he conducts. Is that disrespectful or the mark of a someone who’s tremendously connected?
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Verdi at 200 (Part 2): A private life in public
Scorned by critics, adored by the masses
Between 1849 and 1871 Verdi composed a dozen remarkable operas, many of them drawn from his unconventional personal life. The Italian masses may have been drawn to Verdi’s rejection of bourgeois hypocrisy as much as to his music.
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Renée Fleming sings the national anthem
Sacred melodies
Not everyone appreciates the liberties taken with "The Star-Spangled Banner" — or any other classic song, like "Danny Boy." What makes some embellishments "too much"?
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