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Perseverance Jazz Band in Wallingford
Where did New Orleans jazz go? To Philly!
Traditional New Orleans jazz survives and flourishes some 1,300 miles to the northeast of its birthplace with the Perseverance Jazz Band.
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Covent Garden’s ‘Manon Lescaut’
Tawdry as she goes
Covent Garden’s controversial porno-revival of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut was denounced as tawdry and coarse. Yet it did grip my attention. And it does support the opera’s key emotional point.
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The Lorin Maazel I remember
A conductor who defied easy labels
Most of Lorin Maazel’s obituaries described him as a coldly intellectual and clinical conductor. I saw another side.
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The premiere of 'Gold and Silver' in Helena
Symphony Under the Stars was in this, its 11th year, all Disney movie music and one work called Gold and Silver, a piece they asked me to compose.
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Minas in Media
A touch of Brazil
The "new thing" in Brazilian music is no longer new — but it's still infectiously enjoyable.
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Townes Van Zandt: An appreciation
Townes Van Zandt was all artistry, and if he wasn’t popular, he nonetheless influenced many other musicians who were.
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When music trumped military force
When you have music, who needs guns?
Music has long been used by armies in battle to intimidate the enemy and bolster morale. We tend to forget that diplomats also used music to heal the scars after the fighting stopped. That’s what happened between European Christians and Muslim Turks.
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City Rhythm Orchestra at Cooper River Park
Keeping the Big Band flame burning
City Rhythm Orchestra brought its swinging 12-piece edition to an outdoor concert on an evening with near-perfect weather.
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Tchaikovsky's "Maid of Orleans" at the Academy of Vocal Arts
Workshopping Saint Joan
Ghenady Meirson’s Russian Opera Workshop offers local audiences a chance to hear promising young voices singing major works in an informal setting, with no admission charge.
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Lehár’s ‘Frederica,’ by Concert Operetta Theater (second review)
Goethe pays the price
Franz Lehár was best known for schmaltzy romances with happy endings. His operetta about Goethe’s unrequited love is another story altogether.
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