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Jazz CD Review: Sara Serpa’s “Close Up” — Rewarding Ambiguity

March 5, 2018
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Singer Sara Serpa refracts, bends, suspends, and shifts sounds and syllables, creating a kind of linguistic limbo.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #16 – – Franz Liszt’s “Dante” Symphony

March 4, 2018
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The deeply personal nature of the music’s narrative drew some extraordinary music from Liszt’s pen.

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Concert Review: John Adams’ “Scheherezade.2” at Symphony Hall

March 2, 2018
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This weekend’s concert fires on all cylinders. Don’t miss it.

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Music Feature: Paul Rishell and Annie Raines — In the Spirit of the Masters

March 1, 2018
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There’s not much about the blues that Paul Rishell, 68, and Annie Raines, 48, don’t know or can’t play.

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Jazz Review: Harvey Diamond Quintet at the New School of Music

February 27, 2018
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There was an easy depth to the music, if such is possible, as if the musicians were digging in hard, but with the relaxed assurance that comes of a shared vision.

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Jazz CD Review: Bill Frisell — “Music IS”

February 26, 2018
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One marvels at Bill Frisell’s improvisations, which can be both surprising and songful.

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Concert Review: Russian Music by the Boston Philharmonic

February 25, 2018
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Benjamin Zander, who’s led some distinctly fine concerts in recent years, drew the best out of his band.

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Concert Review: The Super Trio Celebrates Brahms

February 24, 2018
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The members of this trio seem to have preternatural access to each other’s musical thoughts.

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Concert Review: The Verona Quartet Takes on Shostakovich, Haydn, and Brahms

February 24, 2018
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The Verona Quartet is certainly worth watching, above all for the intimate way in which they communicate with each other and with the audience.

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Jazz CD Review: Owen Broder’s American Roots Project — Heritage

February 21, 2018
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I’ve never run across music like this and never had even a platonic notion of what such a hybrid would sound like.

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