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Concert Operetta's "Remembering Romberg' (2nd review)
Why Sigmund Romberg succeeded (and why he's been forgotten)
Some critics find Sigmund Romberg's exotic operettas schmaltzy and outdated. I disagree, and the recent production of Romberg highlights by the Concert Operetta Theater reinforced my feeling.
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Tempesta di Mare's Roman holiday
Rome, with a touch of Casablanca
Tempesta di Mare recreates the musical pleasures of Baroque Roman drawing rooms in a promising new venue: the Arch Street Meeting House.
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Concert Operetta's "Remembering Romberg' (1st review)
When Sigmund stood his ground
Concert Operetta's recent Sigmund Romberg program provided an enjoyable afternoon, with two caveats. Even a hopeless Romberg addict like me learned a few things I never knew before.
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"Life,' by Keith Richards
Music trumps heroin: Memoirs of a disciplined dope addict
The Rolling Stones' infamous guitarist/songwriter Keith Richards may have been a junkie, but I've never been so completely taken by a person through his writing.
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The "Times' picks the top classical composers
Of Top Ten composers lists (and two the Times overlooked)
The New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini spent the past month compiling his list of the greatest classical composers, with suggestions he drummed up from hundreds of Times readers. BSR's critic Dan Coren disdains such gimmickry, of course. Except”¦
Dolce Suono's new collaborators
New discoveries: An organist and a soprano
Dolce Suono Ensemble collaborates with an organist who understands the difference between art and megalomania, and a young soprano selected by a colleague with impeccable credentials.
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Alan Gilbert conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
Taking nothing for granted
Alan Gilbert's guest appearance with the Philadelphia Orchestra combined two Philadelphia premieres with one of the all-time champions of the orchestral repertoire. Like Yannick Nézet-Séguin, he seems to understand how to reach today's music audience.
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"Suor Angelica' and 'Il Tabarro' by AVA
Justice for Puccini
Puccini's music, often taken for granted, is best displayed when his operas are performed with the instrumentalists on stage, as the Academy of Vocal Arts did in this double bill.
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Philadelphia Orchestra's "Inca Trail' concert
Fresh air from very far south of the border
For one magical evening, the varied music of South America's Inca Trail spilled out of Verizon Hall and into the Kimmel's usually vacant lobby. Is his the long-awaited formula for breathing life into Philadelphia's underachieving cultural center?
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Lipkin plays Beethoven at Curtis
A veteran jockey riding a tough mount
Pianist Seymour Lipkin's technique is not what it once was, but there was still much to be culled from an artist who has devoted a lifetime's study to Beethoven's keyboard literature.
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