Review

Concert Review: Boston Baroque’s “Jephtha” — The Fate of Youth

March 13, 2019
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Music Director Martin Pearlman had the excellent idea to cut out 6 of the 24 arias to make Jephtha move along, and it paid off.

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Book Review: “The Bird King” — Nothing But Enchantment

March 12, 2019
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The Bird King is an utterly lovely reading experience.

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Dance Review: “Full on Forsythe” — Revolutionary

March 12, 2019
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William Forsythe asks dancers to go beyond their mastery of technique — in order to have the music move audiences to a higher level of emotional involvement.

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Opera CD Review: Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger,” Sung in Italian, Beautifully, with Conversational Ease

March 12, 2019
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A 1962 concert performance from Radio Italiana, now on CD, shows how delightful Wagner can sound without barking and slow wobbles.

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Visual Arts Review: A Creative Camelot — The Bauhaus and Harvard University

March 11, 2019
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This inspiring show celebrates the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Bauhaus.

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Jazz Album: “Love Hurts” — Guitarist Julian Lage’s Strongest Recording to Date

March 9, 2019
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The disc is manna for lovers of assertive electric guitar, played by one of today’s top practitioners, in an unadorned trio setting.

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Rock Album Review: Juliana Hatfield’s “Weird” — In Customary Fine Form

March 9, 2019
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Overall, Juliana Hatfield’s Weird is closer to good than to great.

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Film Review: “Climax” — Mental Blitzkrieg, Cinematic Version

March 9, 2019
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Climax may be the director’s most fully realized attempt so far to suggest a state of madness onscreen.

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Film Review: A Pair of “Suspirias” Square off at The Brattle Theater

March 8, 2019
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Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria is a landscape of the shadowy feminine, steeped in ancient magic, willful evil, and the cyclical round-de-lay of death and rebirth.

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Classical Concert Review: Thomas Adès conducts Liszt, Adès, and Tchaikovsky

March 8, 2019
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The BSO recently announced an extension to artistic partner Thomas Adès’s contract. It is lucky to have him. So are the rest of us.

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