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Arts Feature: My “Best of 2021” — An Operatic Cornucopia

December 19, 2021
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Here’s my list of twenty superlative operatic offerings of different kinds.

Classical Album Review: “Here With You” — Fitting Music for the End of a Bittersweet Year

December 18, 2021
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Johannes Brahms’s wistful 1894 Clarinet Sonatas receive fantastic performances.

Classical Album Review: Attacca Quartet’s “Of All Joys” — Crafting a Space All its Own

December 17, 2021
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Taken together, the selections on Attacca Quartet’s latest release is something of a meditation on the human condition.

Television Review: “1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything” — Episodes 5-8

December 14, 2021
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The series gives a fine overview of its selected artists, and it does an even better job of introducing the turbulence, torments, treasures, and trippiness of 1971 to audiences who didn’t live through it (or who can’t remember much of it, for whatever reason).

Classical Album Review: Cleveland Orchestra Plays Schnittke and Prokofiev

December 12, 2021
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If you’re looking for instrumental music that grapples with tumultuous events, times, and circumstances, this may well be the disc for you.

Arts Remembrance: Michael Nesmith

December 10, 2021
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With Michael Nesmith’s passing, Boomers of a certain age feel another piece of their youth disappearing.

Music Documentary: “The Beatles: Get Back” — Back to Where They Once Belonged

December 7, 2021
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Who else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?

Album Roundup: Adventurous Solo Performances from Jazz Pianists

December 6, 2021
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Solo performance is still a way ahead for jazz pianists, judging from four CDs released in 2021.

Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project – Celebrating a Great Year in Music (December Entry)

December 6, 2021
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Arts Fuse writers continue their countdown of great music celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. This month’s diverse list includes Elton John, Paul and Linda McCartney, Humble Pie, Miles Davis, and Nick Drake.

Concert Review: A Celebratory Tedeschi Trucks Band at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre

December 6, 2021
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For Boston, Derek Trucks designs the shows to celebrate Susan’s Tedeschi’s march from local clubs to being a commanding presence on concert stages around the world.

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