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Luisi and Tetzlaff with the Philadelphia Orchestra
The rockstar reception of violinist Christian Tetzlaff
Conductor Fabio Luisi is an opera man and violinist Christian Tetzlaff has a singing tone, so their collaboration on the Tchaikovsky Concerto in D major was memorable.
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David Bowie and classic rock’s death knells
David Bowie's death gets Craig Peters thinking about how other rock greats have sung about the Ultimate Question.
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Meet Jeanne Krausman
A long musical life
She gave herself a “musical Bat Mitzvah” at 83, followed, at 85, by seven consecutive daily performances of a short living room recital. Jeanne Krausman was preparing for her final concert, at 89, when fate intervened.
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Three things I learned from David Bowie
Kile Smith accepts David Bowie's "serious moonlight" invitation.
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Pierre Boulez: An appreciation
Boulez est mort
Boulez infamously declared, in 1952, that “any musician who has not experienced — I do not say understood, but truly experienced — the necessity of dodecaphonic music is useless.” I have always relished his gleeful courage, his delight in the new, his call to push boundaries outward as a kind of artistic imperative.
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Natalie Cole: An appreciation
What set Natalie Cole apart from the other popsters trying to make like Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett was her depth, her sincerity, and her understanding of the lyric and where it came from — all of which came, in part, from her father’s example.
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New Year traditions: Orchestra v. Mummers
Angela Meade — practical joker?
On New Year’s Eve, the customarily sedate Angela Meade pulled two tricks from her sleeve. The Mummers Parade, on the other hand, remains an unintentionally profound testament to the futility of human ambition.
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Piffaro, Tempesta di Mare, and Choral Arts team up
The merging of the eras
Piffaro and Tempesta di Mare joined forces with Choral Arts Philadelphia and proved the Renaissance and the Baroque can cooperate.
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1807 & Friends present premiere of Rudin's 'Circadia'
Friends of music
Throughout the years, 1807 & Friends has maintained a thrillingly high level of artistic quality. Their guests join the core ensemble as friends, egos set aside: Honoring the composer is the order of the day.
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On bar fights and the act of composing
De profundis
The piece was rooted deep and that allowed the music to move quickly and lightly. It’s strong now, but doesn’t bellow. The music won’t call attention to itself, and that’s just how I like it.
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