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On the surface, Richard Goode and Jonathan Biss have little in common. Yet these pianists played together almost as if they were one person. Richard Goode and Jonathan Biss: Piano recital. Works by Debussy, Schumann, Beethoven, Stravinsky and Schubert. Presented by Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, February 4, 2010 at Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce St. (215) 569-8080 or pcmsconcerts.org. view full article |
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Music
The Orchestra’s inane marketing
Black audiences and classical music
The Who across the generations
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Music Reviews
Richard Goode/Jonathan Biss piano recital
Chamber groups and the Orchestra
Guitarists Kaukonen and Bromberg at the Keswick
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Art
The Pew confronts ‘The Art of the Steal’
The ‘death’ of conceptual art
The home as art: practical advice
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Art Reviews
‘Ragas and Rajas’ at the Art Museum
Egon Schiele exhibit in New York
Eileen Goodman/Scott Noel at Gross McCleaf
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Theater
Who should play Helen Keller?
Sport vs. theater: ‘Chad Deity’ and ‘Grace’
Summer camp for show biz hopefuls
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Theater Reviews
McNally’s ‘Golden Age’ by PTC (2nd review)
‘Time Stands Still’ in New York
Sam Shepard’s ‘Ages of the Moon’ in New York
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Opera
Wagner’s ‘Ring’ cycle (Part 6: ‘Götterdämmerung’)
Wagner’s ‘Ring’ cycle (Part 5: ‘Siegfried’)
Wagner’s ‘Ring’ cycle (Part 4: ‘Die Walküre’)
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Opera Reviews
AVA’s ‘Norma’ and ‘Trovatore’ in concert
Met’s ‘Carmen’ — the HD theatrical version
Metropolitan Opera’s new ‘Carmen’
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Dance
Dancing for his life in Rwanda
Alex Ketley: A choreographer’s failure
Merce Cunningham’s final challenge
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Dance Reviews
Elizabeth Streb’s ‘Brave’ at Annenberg
Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’
BalletX Fall Series: Three premieres
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Cross-Cultural
In defense of Jane Austen’s prose
The making of an activist, 1960 (memoir)
Iceland’s lesson for Americans
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Cross-Cultural Reviews
James Ellroy’s ‘Blood’s A Rover’
‘Avatar’ vs. ‘The Imaginarium’
David Owen’s ‘Green Metropolis’
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