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Classical CD Reviews: Houston Symphony Orchestra plays Dvořák and Goerne and Eschenbach perform Brahms

May 24, 2016
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An album of Brahms lieder from two musicians in their prime: Christoph Eschenbach and Matthias Goerne.

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Music Interview: Debo Band — Another Side of Ethio-Groove

May 24, 2016
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Boston’s Debo Band expand their heterophonnic horizons on Ere Gobez.

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Fuse Preview: Grand Harmonie’s Brass Menagerie

May 23, 2016
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This Grand Harmonie program is a survey of both the mainstream and wildly experimental uses of early brass instruments.

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TV Review: Samantha Bee’s “Full Frontal” — Deserves All the Buzz

May 23, 2016
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It says something about where we are at as a country when the absurdist’s voice is the only one that is persuasively human.

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Classical CD Review: Michael Nicolas’ “Transitions” (Sono Luminus)

May 23, 2016
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Overall, with Transitions Michael Nicolas proves himself a major cellist of his generation.

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Film Review: “Sunset Song” — Misogyny in the Highlands

May 22, 2016
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I wanted to like Sunset Song, steeped as it is in Scottish history and scenery.

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Fuse Film Review: “Love & Friendship” — Jane Austen, Artfully Revised

May 20, 2016
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The film and the book are all in good fun, in the spirit of “mocking affection” that is a part of Whit Stillman’s artistic vision

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Music Feature: Longy School of Music of Bard College — Going Strong at 100

May 20, 2016
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Celebrating Longy’s rich past has been a big part of the school’s focus these past months.

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Classical Music CD Reviews: Paul Lewis and Trio Wanderer play Brahms, and Hans Abrahamsen’s “let me tell you”

May 19, 2016
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Three superb albums: two focusing on works by Brahms, one featuring Hans Abrahamsen’s meditation on Shakespeare’s Ophelia.

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Music Preview: Saxophonist Grace Kelly — On Jazz and Beyond

May 19, 2016
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“My hope is that in the near future the mainstream music pendulum will swing much more heavily towards giving jazz the attention it deserves.”

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