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Allen Krantz at Laurel Hill
A lucky accident
Accidentally forced to give a rare solo program, the guitarist-composer Allen Krantz demonstrated his skills as a teacher and speaker.
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Tempesta di Mare at the Barnes
What would Albert Barnes say? Better ask: What would Vivaldi say?
Tempesta di Mare's first appearance at the Barnes triggered ruminations on concert settings, amplification and, of course, the wisdom of moving the Barnes itself.
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Met's "Tales of Hoffman' in HD-Live (3 years later)
What a difference three years make
Seeing the Met's 2009 Tales of Hoffman, I'm struck by the exceptional changes that three years have wrought. Since then, James Levine is gone, Anna Netrebko has declined, and other companies have done more justice to Offenbach's work.
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Atzilut: Jews and Arabs at Bryn Mawr
A musical solution for the Middle East
How to prevent Jews and Arabs from fighting? Get them to start singing.
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"Music As Alchemy': Inside the great conductors
The work behind the wand (from both sides of the podium)
How do conductors elicit great sounds from their musicians? In Music As Alchemy, Tom Service follows six prominent conductors as they pursue their arcane trade. Who knew that Claudio Abbado steadfastly avoids unionized orchestras?
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Can computers replace composers?
With Darwin and a computer, who needs Mozart?
When Beethoven was a little baby/ Sittin' on his daddy's knee,/ He picked up an iPhone, little CD-ROM,/ Said, “Computer's gonna be the death of me, Lawd, Lawd”¦.”
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Can black opera save Classical music?
Beyond Leontyne Price: For whom the black operatic bell tolls
Exciting and innovative black operas are struggling because white audiences tend to avoid them. But all classical music groups are struggling because white audiences tend to avoid them. Is there a common cause here? And might there be a solution to both problems?
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Rachmaninoff's "Aleko' by Russian Opera Workshop
A Rachmaninoff opera? Who knew?
No major American company in this country has ever produced Rachmaninoff's unfortunately neglected Aleko. Ghenady Meirson's Russian Opera Workshop offered a taste of what we've missed.
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Dolce Suono at Laurel Hill
Smiles of a summer night
Dolce Suono's “Concert by Candlelight” at Laurel Hill contained enough depth to repay close attention without disturbing a relaxed summery mood.
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Stokowski's lesson: Develop local talent
One more lesson Yannick can learn from Stokowski
The Philadelphia Orchestra began as an ensemble consisting of European immigrant musicians. Stokowski, Ormandy and Mary Louise Curtis Bok nurtured the infrastructure for developing homegrown talent and audiences. Boston and Los Angeles have learned that lesson; why not Philadelphia, where the idea first took root?
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