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Concert Review: Stephen Hammer and Michelle Graveline at the Worcester Art Museum

May 16, 2012
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Mr. Hammer played Bach’s Sonata in G minor energetically and sensitively, drawing out composer’s long melodic phrases with appealing grace. Ms. Graveline made a strong accompanist, clearly articulating Bach’s contrapuntal textures.

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Fuse Classical Music Review: Chameleon Arts Ensemble Ends Its Season Brilliantly

May 15, 2012
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Chameleon Arts Ensemble’s programming, the brainchild of its director and flutist Deborah Boldin, aims to place pieces together that have interesting things in common musically and culturally.

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Film Review: “Sound of My Voice”

May 15, 2012
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Sound of My Voice has a lot twists and turns, much charm, and credible suspense. Have I yielded to the cult of Brit Marling? I was always a sucker for pretty face, and a good yarn.

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Dance Review: Boston Ballet Ends 48th Season on an Encouraging Note

May 14, 2012
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To his credit, Boston Ballet’s artistic director Mikko Nissinen is looking far and wide for ways to expand the company’s repertory.

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Theater Review: “Cupcake” — A Musical for Pastry Lovers

May 13, 2012
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If you’re into pastry, Cupcake is for you. But if you expect something more filling, then I’m afraid you’ll have to wait for this creative team’s next baking session.

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Book Review: “Emmaus” — A Fictional Puzzle Wrapped in a Spiritual Enigma

May 13, 2012
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Alessandro Baricco’s novella Silk, filled with inchoate erotic longings for which there is no explanation, became an international bestseller. Emmaus, his latest book in translation, also contains mysteries.

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Book Review: “When the Night” — A Memorably Icy Love Story

May 11, 2012
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In spare, exact prose Cristian Comencini lets this story unfold against an Alpine setting that is so vivid it, too, becomes a character in this strangely compelling novel.

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Dance/Movie Review: The Passing Parade — A Film about the Joffrey Ballet

May 10, 2012
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The new documentary, derails, partly because its hagiographic tone encourages elisions that beg important questions.

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Classical CD Review: Jeremy Denk’s Ligeti/Beethoven (Nonesuch)

May 10, 2012
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If you find classical music to be a vibrant, living thing in which inventive pairings and convincing realizations of music of the distant and recent past can speak in fresh and vital ways to the present, Jeremy Denk is your man and this is your CD.

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Theater Review: Boxed In — “Yesterday Happened: Remembering H. M.”

May 9, 2012
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Dramatist and director Wesley Savick faces a number of fascinating but formidable theatrical challenges, and the generally compelling Yesterday Happened (how could it not be, given its story?) takes an honorable, visually striking swipe at the problems.

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