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The Variation String Trio debuts a David Ludwig fantasy
The Ludwig-Fauré-Bach connection
The Variation String Trio joined pianist Natalie Zhu in a program that teamed a new piece by David Ludwig with a masterpiece for the same instrumental combination.
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The Johannes Quartet at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Death and war and a Czech barn dance
The Johannes Quartet delves into two intense, highly emotional pieces, and then ends with a foot-stomping dance by Dvořák.
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H. Leslie Adams, 26 Piano Etudes
Remembering why we play
We need not be afraid of delving into new music; all communication of the soul didn't cease in the 19th century, or even the 20th.
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Philadelphia Orchestra’s organ concert
Battle of the bands? No, a conversation
Organ music never enjoyed as spectacular a presentation in Philadelphia as the Philadelphia Orchestra gave it earlier this month.
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Astral Artists and the Chamber Orchestra spotlight the viola
All kidding aside
The accidents of the scheduling process produced two consecutive concerts that spotlighted the viola and proved, once again, that viola jokes are a baseless and vile calumny.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Janáček and Mahler
To app or not to app
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s new real-time app may or may not be a good idea, but the real issue is the product itself, not the marketing efforts that surround it.
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Nézet-Séguin conducts Mahler (third review)
Could we all use a resurrection? Mahler thought so
Mahler weaves between grief and excitement throughout the symphony. There is no conductor better than Nézet-Séguin in working with these changes, and he is excellent with liturgical and choral music as well. So the last two movements proved to be glorious in his hands.
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Nézet-Séguin conducts Mahler (2nd review)
Mahler’s tortured world
Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony had nothing to do with Christ and everything to do with the tormented composer’s own yearning for a better life after this one.
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Yefim Bronfman at the Perelman
Adventures of the sonata
The three sonatas programmed by Yefim Bronfman in his Perelman Theater recital told a tale of an artist moving from classical assurance to anxious assertion to violent despair.
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Calvin Hampton: An appreciation
An American genius
Calvin Hampton dared to take musical chances. While the results are uneven, his better compositions deserve a place in the repertoire.
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