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Album Reviews: Danill Trifonov plays Rachmaninov and Michael Lewin plays Debussy

October 14, 2015
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Michael Lewin’s new album must surely rank among the most poetic and sensitive Debussy recordings of recent memory.

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Rock Feature: “Crash Safely”—A Danged Good Party With a Purpose

October 13, 2015
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An event that makes you feel good about the Boston scene—in part because it’s about the rock community getting together to help friends with multiple sclerosis.

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Jazz Concert Review: Mark Harvey and The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra—Boston Giants

October 12, 2015
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trumpeter–composer Mark Harvey’s imaginative conducting made the pieces work together in fascinating ways.

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Album Review: Round-up of Recent Rock Releases

October 8, 2015
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A by no means complete round up of some recent releases in rock, from Keith Richards to the Libertines.

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Concert Review: The Zombies—Great Then and Great Now

October 8, 2015
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I have a short list of the greatest singers I’ve seen live—and Colin Blunstone of the Zombies is right up there.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #3: Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Symphony no. 6

October 7, 2015
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The truth is that the music of this most politically aware and morally astute of composers needs – and deserves – much wider currency.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #2: Anna Clyne’s “Night Ferry”

October 5, 2015
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Night Ferry proves to be an ambitious, absorbing score, filled with music of great color, vitality, and expression.

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Fuse Rock Interview: Dave Davies — Playing the Kinks Klassics

October 4, 2015
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In this interview Dave Davies discusses his solo show and gives us the latest on the ongoing Kinks intrigues.

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Concert Review: BSO’s Andris Nelsons conducts Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, and Rachmaninoff

October 2, 2015
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The BSO had a well-deserved couple of weeks off following their late-summer tour of Europe, and they took some time to regain their sea-legs.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #1: Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony in E-flat, op. 2

September 30, 2015
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We begin our survey with one of my favorite musical discoveries of the last three years: Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony in E-flat, op. 2.

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