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Performance Art Review: A Powerful “Stain” on the Boston Common

March 29, 2018
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Those who stopped at the top of the Boston Common, at about 1 p.m., witnessed an extraordinary work of performance art.

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Classical CD Reviews: Alexander Melnikov’s Four Pianos and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass

March 29, 2018
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Pianist Alexander Melnikov has come up with one of the still-young year’s most compelling discs, Deutsche Grammophon releases an aural train wreck.

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Theater Review: “Little Orphan Danny” — Sweet and Raunchy

March 28, 2018
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Little Orphan Danny is an engaging and satisfying musical, a fun journey through the life of an affable troublemaker.

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Classical CD Review: Vänskä’s Mahler Six, Harding’s Mahler Nine, Louise Farrenc Symphonies, Handel & Haydn Society plays Haydn and Mozart

March 28, 2018
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Two Mahler symphonies, one sluggish the other intense, while symphonies composed by Louise Farrenc, Mozart, and Haydn are done right.

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Jazz CD Review: “Scandal” — Masters of Their Art

March 27, 2018
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Scandal is a masterful example of musical discourse dedicated to making the most of the powers and pleasures of tradition-infused improvised jazz.

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Film Review: “Leaning into the Wind” — The Giving Tree

March 26, 2018
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Watching this film, one is struck at how it is essentially a collection of moments that, taken together, create a satisfying portrait of a life.

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Classical CD Reviews: Lars Vogt plays Beethoven, James Ehnes plays Walton, Denis Kozhukhin plays Ravel & Gershwin, Francesca Dego plays Paganini & Wolf-Ferrari

March 26, 2018
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Superb discs from pianist Lars Vogt, violinist Francesca Dego, pianist Denis Kozhukhin, and violinist James Ehnes on the viola.

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Critical Condition: Why Be Negative? Don’t Ask “The New York Times”

March 26, 2018
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If the New York Times can’t make a reasonable case for the need for discrimination rather than salesmanship, we are in real trouble.

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Film Interview: Tempest Storm — “Tempest in a D-Cup”

March 25, 2018
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The filmmaker chose, wisely, to emphasize Tempest Storm’s fortitude and self-determination.

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Jazz CD Review: The Kathrin Pechlof Trio

March 24, 2018
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Toward the Unknown is a well-wrought, well-rendered recording — one worthy of serious attention.

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