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Beethoven and Shostakovich at the Kimmel
Art and adversity
Talent, even genius, may not be enough for art. As both Beethoven and Shostakovich demonstrated, sometimes you need something even more: courage.
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The Johannes String Quartet plays Mozart, Dutilleux, and Brahms
Mingling and schmoozing
Theater producers are discovering the value of audience interaction. Classical music organizations have been offering it for years.
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Dolce Suono plays Jay Reise's 'Shadow of the Red Sea Swallow'
The swallow at bay
Is music the only art that can depict the last flight of an extinct bird?
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Arvo Pärt and Michel Legrand
Anguish and other 21st-century sentiments
The Mendelssohn Club and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia present two 21st-century pieces that focus on very different sets of contemporary emotions.
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Opera Philadelphia's 'Ainadamar'
A life of frustrated love
This production of Ainadamar effectively blended mesmerizing music and gorgeous images into a visually and aurally stunning experience with dreamlike video projections and steamy flamenco dancing.
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'Die Fledermaus' by the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera
Different bat-times, different bat-channels
Fledermice (those German bats) have come at us from two directions: glitzy American or schmaltzy Austrian, take your choice.
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Astral in Wonderland
Astral’s young artists lead a visit to the worlds of Winnie-the-Pooh, Peter Pan, and a dreamy young girl named Alice.
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Vox Renaissance Consort’s Renaissance Candlemas
The time travelers’ songs
The renaissance costumes could be cheesy, but instead they add to the magic of the music.
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Jurowski conducts Bach, Strauss, and Mahler
The composer as hero (in his own mind)
Mahler and Richard Strauss were preoccupied with the notion of the artist as hero, and both applied that prototype to themselves: Strauss in a comic mode and Mahler in a tragic one.
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Lupu and Yannick at the Kimmel (2nd review)
The upside of nationalism
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, returning to the podium for the first time since early December, thoughtfully paired two Czech masters, Smetana and Dvořák, with Bartók’s valedictory Third Piano Concerto in between.
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