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Anthony J. Palmer

Music Commentary: “Maestro” — Breaking Boundaries

Hershey Felder’s performance as Leonard Bernstein not only reconnects us with one of America’s great musical geniuses: it is also a reminder that boundaries sometimes stifle our conception of how much artists can accomplish.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Hershey Felder, Leonard Bernstein, Maestro: Leonard Bernstein (A Play With Music)

Fuse Opera Review: Back to the Future — Boston Baroque’s “Orfeo ed Euridice”

Boston Baroque and conductor Martin Pearlman scored another triumph with their semi-staged original version of Gluck’s revolutionary creation, an opera that, to its detriment, has often been revised for performance.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston Baroque, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Martin Pearlman, Orfeo ed Euridice, Owen Willetts

Judicial Review # 7: Critical Perspectives on “Dialogues of the Carmelites”

What is a Judicial Review? It is a fresh approach to creating a conversational, critical space about the arts and culture. This is our seventh session, this time a discussion about the Boston University School of Fine Arts production of Francis Poulenc’s opera Dialogues of the Carmelites, which raises issues about faith and resistance.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Judicial Review, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston University, Boston University College of Fine Arts, BU Chamber Orchestra, BU School of Music Opera Institute, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Francis Poulenc, Georges Bernanos

Fuse Concert Review — A Noteworthy Performance From the Discovery Ensemble

Discovery Ensemble occupies a rare space in two major respects: programming demanding works and executing them with spirit, enthusiasm, and inspired music making.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Courtney Lewis, Discovery Ensemble

Fuse Interview: Talking to the Future — Discovery Ensemble’s Courtney Lewis

What lies in the future for the critically praised organization? Music director Courtney Lewis has plans that will keep him with the Discovery Ensemble for some time.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Courtney Lewis, Discovery Ensemble, Kacy Clopton

The Japan Society of Boston Presents An Evening of Kabuki Dance.

Recently, Bostonians were privileged to witness Kotoji Bando and his troupe in a lavish display of disciplined dance, song, and instrumental music.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Featured, Music, Theater Tagged: Kabuki Dance, Kotoji Bando, The Japan Society of Boston

Concert Review: Coro Allegro Celebrates Handel

Several adjectives apply to Coro Allegro’s approach to music: elegance, finesse, and refinement among them.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Coro Allegro, Daniel Pinkham Award, Donald Teeters, Handel, The Boston Cecilia

Concert Review: The Luxurious Harmonies of the Newton Choral Society

Composer Frank Martin

The singers were in the mood, in a manner of speaking, and although they seemed quite still in posture, their voices generated an inner dance filled with delightful variations as they advanced through eighteen verses of varying tempo and emotions.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured Tagged: Daniel Pinkham, David Carrier, Frank Martin, Johannes Brahms, Newton Choral Society

Classical Music Review: An Inspirational “War Requiem”

There is much to commend all participants. The work itself is challenging and asks nothing more than a fully committed heart. This quality was present in abundance.

By: Anthony J Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Benjamin Britten, New-England-Philharmonic, Providence Singers and Chorus pro Musica, Richard-Pittman, War Requiem

Concert Review: Brandeis University Illuminates the Music of Schütz

All the works were done with balance, appropriate embellishments in the vocal solo and instrumental parts, and with the energy necessary to bring this music into the twenty-first century.

By: Anthony J. Palmer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Baroque, Brandeis University, Henrich Schütz, Illuminating Schütz in the 21th Century

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