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Curtis Opera Theatre presents ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’
Musical standards
Strong musicianship outweighed dramaturgical cloudiness in Curtis Opera Theatre’s ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Bowerbird presents ‘Neil Feather: Sound Mechanic’
Musical machinations
Neil Feather’s wildly unique instruments surprise, delight, and make mischief in pieces including composer Rosie Langabeer’s latest work-in-progress, ‘IDIOSYNCROPHILIA.’ Aaron Pond reviews.
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The Academy of Vocal Arts presents ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’
Opera’s bread and butter
Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ may be a bread-and-butter opera, but that’s no excuse for AVA’s stale staging. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble presents ‘Crossing the Bridge 2’
What jazz musicians have given Philly
Philadelphia Heritage Art Ensemble’s latest album is a musical tribute to 1950s/60s hard bop Philly jazz history. Suzanne Cloud reviews.
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PCMS presents pianist Juho Pohjonen
Piano perfection
Warm, seductive tonal colors and crisp, clean articulation characterized a solo concert by young Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen, who performed works by Rameau and Scriabin at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Linda Holt reviews.
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PCMS presents ECCO and pianist Shai Wosner
The color of music
Pianist Shai Wosner joined ECCO for a Philadelphia Chamber Music Society program that was as colorful to look at as it was to hear. Linda Holt reviews.
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The Richardson Chamber Players present ‘Clara Schumann at 200’
Absent no more
Among an abundance of male composers’ bicentennials, a world-class woman composer finally gets her due with a Princeton concert marking Clara Schumann’s birthday. Linda Holt reviews.
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The Crossing presents Gavin Bryars’s ‘A Native Hill’
Time without a calendar
The Crossing premieres a remarkable new work by Gavin Bryars, based on the words of a 20th-century farmer-philosopher. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Ars Nova presents Moor Mother and Roscoe Mitchell
A pair of multiplicities
Ars Nova shatters the fabric of reality with a duet by Moor Mother and Roscoe Mitchell, part of its October Revolution of Jazz & Contemporary Music program. Aaron Pond reviews.
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The Delaware Symphony Orchestra presents ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
A symphony for the spheres
The Delaware Symphony Orchestra opened the season with a luscious concert featuring composer Missy Mazzoli, a Lansdale native. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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