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Verdi's "Falstaff' by the Academy of Vocal Arts
An intimate Falstaff
Can a mere 17 voices (and no chorus) do justice to Falstaff? As the Academy of Vocal Arts demonstrates, Verdi's last masterpiece is an opera that benefits from intimacy.
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Eschenbach conducts Mahler's Seventh
Mahler's mystery (and Eschenbach's)
Gustav Mahler's seldom-performed Seventh Symphony lacks— or deliberately eschews— the narrative drive that makes his symphonies popular, but its appearance in Christoph Eschenbach's assured performance was all the more welcome for its rarity. Make of it what you will, the music is glorious and the invention unflagging.
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Dolce Suono: From Clearfield to Mozart
Grace and substance at the Art Museum
Dolce Suono presents a program that ranges from Mozart to Clearfield and glows from start to finish.
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Piffaro's "Portuguese Vespers'
‘God's musicians come from Portugal'
Piffaro presents a historically accurate Vesper service that combines good-humored Portuguese nationalism with a tribute to the Virgin Mary.
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Classical Symphony's 19th-Century musicale
Pregnant girlfriends, and other 19th-Century curiosities
Karl Middleman presents a 21st- Century version of a 19th-Century event that acquired a history without actually taking place.
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Philadelphia Singers: A lesson in economy
Like Hemingway in music
The Philadelphia Singers have largely abandoned the Baroque and classic choral repertoire to focus on more modern scores. Their first concert this season produced a triumph for the new approach, as well as a four-part lesson in the relationship between music and words.
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Musicians and money
The art of the musical deal
No one goes into a musical career for the money, but even passionate musicians need to eat, as I was reminded when I bargained with a dedicated amateur clarinetist named Tom Sanders.
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Jurowski awakens the Orchestra
The buzz is back
The combination of Vladimir Jurowski's inspired Slavic programming and the exciting young Armenian violinist Sergey Khachatryan generated the sort of intermission buzz that hasn't been heard at Philadelphia Orchestra concerts for a good while.
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The Orchestra's strange new "Collections'
If it's Tuesday, these must be Masterworks
As the result of a survey three years ago, the Philadelphia Orchestra now offers subscribers four “collections” of concerts. But the guidelines for each “collection” seem arbitrary, if not amorphous.
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Critic's Notebook: Five concerts
Immersed in the musicsphere: A critic's notebook
Eight days, five concerts. If a music critic like me blogged or twittered, here's what I'd say.
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