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Jazz CD Review: The Mark Masters Ensemble — Product of a Powerhouse

October 22, 2018
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The latest big band album from Mark Masters beautifully displays his eclectic tastes and deep knowledge of jazz history.

Classical CD Review: Lorelei Ensemble’s “Impermanence” — Inspired

October 18, 2018
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Lorelei Ensemble’s latest recording is awe-inspiring.

Concert Review: Al Stewart Returns to the “Year of the Cat”

October 17, 2018
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Though Al Stewart can’t hit the high notes like he used to, his distinctive, crisp voice is still strong and melodic at 72.

Opera Review: BLO’s “The Barber of Seville” — An Exhilarating Triumph

October 16, 2018
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Every performance of opera should leave an audience so exhilarated.

Classical CD Reviews: JoAnn Falletta conducts Schreker, Manfred Honeck conducts Beethoven & Strauss, and Baiba Skride’s “American Concertos”

October 10, 2018
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JoAnn Falletta’s recording of Schreker’s orchestral works is fantastic; Manfred Honeck and his Pittsburgh Symphony make Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony shocking again, and Baiba Skride proves a strong advocate for Miklós Rózsa’s Violin Concerto.

Classical CD Reviews: Gerald Finzi’s Orchestral Music, Bernstein’s “Wonderful Town,” and Arvo Pärt’s “Works for Violin”

October 9, 2018
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Violinist Viktoria Mullova supplies one of the year’s most programmatically-cohesive and thoughtfully-executed albums.

Concert Review: The New England Conservatory Philharmonia at Jordan Hall

October 5, 2018
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What wasn’t there to love about 20th-century music on a night like this? In a word, nothing.

Jazz Concert Review: Dirigo Rataplan at Bowdoin College

October 5, 2018
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Jazz band Dirigo Rataplan explores what could be described as ‘chamber expressionism.’

Opera Feature: MassOpera –“Taking Up Serpents”

October 3, 2018
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MassOpera opened their season with a workshop of a new opera, something they’ve never done before.

Opera Preview: “Scalia/Ginsburg” — Mining (and Minding) the Political Gap

October 2, 2018
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Derrick Wang’s Scalia/Ginsburg is a three character comic opera that combines elements of Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit and Perry Mason.

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