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Classical Music Review: At BEMF, Benjamin Bagby and Sequentia Seduce with Charms and Riddles

June 15, 2019
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Thanks to BEMF for once again presenting Benjamin Bagby, who seems incapable of serving up anything but a wonderfully memorable experience.

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Jazz CD Review: Yoko Miwa Trio’s “Keep Talkin’ ” — Keep Listenin’

June 15, 2019
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Keep Talkin’ further solidifies Yoko Miwa’s place on the list of pianists who can lift evolved spirits without resorting to stridency.

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Music Preview: Cellist Helen Gillet — Blending Chaos and Creativity

June 14, 2019
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Helen Gillet’s music welcomes loops of all sorts and plays with the happy accidents that create new melodies and rhythms that reach beyond borders.

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Concert Review: Perry Farrell at City Winery — Letting It Fly, For Better and Worse

June 12, 2019
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The guy who once seemed dangerous and mysterious as frontman for Jane’s Addiction proved earnestly accessible to fans.

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Music Review: New Releases of May 2019

June 11, 2019
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May 2019 pushed far on the Summer Hit front.

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Opera Review: Boston Early Music Opera’s “Orlando” — Divine Madness

June 10, 2019
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This entertaining opera is a real soap opera, given that it chronicles the fallout of the passionate protagonist’s unrequited love.

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Jazz Concert Review: Christian McBride & Tip City — Mastery and Joy

June 9, 2019
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It’s an uncommon pleasure to see band members enjoy themselves the way Tip City did.

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Classical CD Review: “Letters From Gettysburg” — A Powerful Plea for Compassion

June 9, 2019
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Letters from Gettysburg is an extraordinarily haunting five-movement work that elevates the experience of one man into a memorial to all victims of war.

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Music Feature: From the Pews to the Streets — The Harmonizing Stars of Boston Celebrate 50 years

June 5, 2019
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As a capella singers, they have taken their musical ministry — and its repertoire of 500 songs — to streets, subway stations, picnics, community clean-ups, and anywhere else they might find an audience who appreciated a musical message.

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Concert Review: Juventas New Music’s “Pride: Hand in Hand”

June 5, 2019
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The six pieces hailed from various corners of the country and examined a wide range of expressive and social viewpoints.

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