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Rascals reunion at the Academy of Music
Nostalgia yes, romance no
The Rascals, who haven't played together since the '70s, demonstrated that they're still a good band. But why are virtually all Broadway shows these days allergic to tender love songs?
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Philadelphia Orchestra's bankruptcy, reconsidered
The Orchestra's bankruptcy: Ruin or renewal?
Allison Vulgamore absorbed much heat when she took the Philadelphia Orchestra into bankruptcy in April 2011. Today that drastic act can be seen as a gutsy and necessary decision.
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5 minute read
Chestnut Singers and Fine Art Piano
A little more of something different, please
Two recent additions to the Philadelphia music scene offer reason to hope that that the Classical tradition will elude the undertaker. But the Chestnut Street Singers could stand a bit more variety in their programs.
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4 minute read
Philadelphia Orchestra's season finale (2nd review)
Yannick and Sawallisch: Across the great divide
The Philadelphia Orchestra paid tribute to the last music director who embodied the Old World tradition while celebrating its first season under the sort of leader it needs today.
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3 minute read
The bearable weight of a German chorus
German culture, up close and personal
I've been asked to sing in a German men's chorus. Many of the singers came from Germany decades ago but still speak English with heavy accents. Some revere Wagner; some survived Hitler. What brings us together?
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Philadelphia Orchestra's season finale (1st review)
Sawallisch in heaven, and merriment on Earth
Given its financial troubles, the Philadelphia Orchestra's morale is a legitimate concern for music lovers everywhere. To judge from Friday's evidence, the future looks sanguine.
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3 minute read
Rattle and Hannigan with the Philadelphia Orchestra (3rd review)
Kicking the Fantasia habit
The big news about last weekend's Philadelphia Orchestra concerts wasn't the shock music that occupied the first three-quarters of the program. It was Simon Rattle's rebuttal to the Disneyfied Beethoven Sixth that has prevailed in the public mind since Fantasia in 1940.
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4 minute read
Dolce Suono's Debussy farewell
Debussy and his putative successors
Dolce Suono ended its season-long tribute to Debussy by combining a Debussy retrospective with a new music event.
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4 minute read
Philadelphia Orchestra plays Ligeti (2nd review)
Is Ligeti the Orchestra's savior?
When was the last time you heard a Philadelphia Orchestra concert that included the crumpling of newspaper as a part of the score? Not to mention the audience laughing out loud throughout the performance?
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3 minute read
Verdi's "Macbeth' in Wilmington
Verdi's not so hidden agenda
With Macbeth, Verdi wasn't merely adapting a great work of literature; he was nudging history forward in real time.
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4 minute read