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Classical Concert Review: The Discovery Ensemble at Jordan Hall — A Group That is Growing Strong and Fast

April 16, 2014
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The Discovery Ensemble’s precision was also on full display in the vigorous contrapuntal writing that came across with impressive, electrifying energy and visceral punchiness.

Theater Review: “Becoming Cuba” — A Sugary Historical Melodrama

April 16, 2014
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Dramatist Melinda Lopez’s “Becoming Cuba” holds your attention even after you see just where it is going and why.

Visual Arts Review: “Quilts and Color” — Far From Folk and Perhaps Beyond Art

April 16, 2014
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Far from being the cool, detached, and cerebral creations of the color field artists, these quilts, imagined in their intended context, are deeply personal, sensuous, and alive.

TV Review: “Fargo”: or, Do Contract Killers Get Bored and Create Chaos for Fun?

April 15, 2014
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“Fargo” creates its own world of crime and moral conundrums while delivering a fair share of blood. Whether the TV series delivers on its promise to be in the same aesthetic world as the original movie is an open question.

Book Review: “Long Mile Home” — An Informative View of the Boston Marathon Bombings That Lacks Investigative Muscle

April 15, 2014
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A fast-paced, fact-laden book by two “Boston Globe” reporters about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that doesn’t answer the tough questions.

Classical CD Reviews: Jon Nakamatsu plays Schumann, Bach’s “Brandenburg Concertos,” and Mendelssohn’s “Lobgesang” (Harmonia Mundi)

April 15, 2014
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A round-up of reviews of classical music CD releases from Harmonia Mundi.

Music Homage: Loose Salute — Monkeemania is Alive and Well in Boston

April 15, 2014
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Loose Salute uses its genuine love for the too-little-heard Michael Nesmith and too-little-respected Monkees songbooks as a springboard for inventive arrangements that are true to the unique character of the music.

TV Review: HBO’s “Silicon Valley” — The Comic Adventures of Nerd Musketeers

April 14, 2014
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“Silicon Valley” is sharp fun for both the computer lingo-savvy and for the non-Tweet, non-Facebook crowd such as out-of-it me.

Classical CD Reviews: Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ and Mozart/Bach Adagios & Fugues (Harmonia mundi), Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 (Avie Records)

April 14, 2014
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Three reviews of new classical music CDs: one is inviting, another lively, and the last could use more intensity.

Book Review: A Murder Inspired by Literature? — “Blood Will Out”

April 13, 2014
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Everyone these days is racing through “Blood Will Out,” an undeniably enthralling three-hour read.

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