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Fuse Opera Review: BEMF Stages Two Delightful Neapolitan Comic Operas

December 4, 2014
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BEMF’s double bill of two short and comic Pergolesi operas made for an unusual and totally delightful presentation.

Music Interview: Spencer Taylor Jr. — Gospel’s Godfather Comes to Dorchester

December 3, 2014
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Legendary gospel performer Spencer Taylor Jr. and the Highway QC’s will be part of the biggest traditional gospel program of the year in Boston.

Book Review: “Outside Music, Inside Voices” — Illuminating Conversations about Creating Jazz

December 2, 2014
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Jazz fans with open ears should rush to this book: so should anyone interested in the creative process, its rewards as well as its challenges.

Concert Review: “The Play of Daniel” — The Boston Camerata’s Production is One for the Ages

November 26, 2014
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The Boston Camerata’s imaginative staging of The Play of Daniel generated plenty of “serious fun.”

Concert Review: The Boston Symphony Orchestra Looks Abroad

November 24, 2014
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This was was a truly memorable afternoon at Symphony Hall, filled with interesting programming decisions and exciting revelations.

Classical Music CD Review: “Masterpieces in Miniature” (SFS Media)

November 22, 2014
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The conceit of this disc is both nostalgic and old-fashioned.

Opera Review: Boston Lyric Opera’s Powerful “Love Potion”

November 21, 2014
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With its Opera Annex productions – presenting unfamiliar operas in unconventional performance spaces – Boston Lyric Opera really seems to have found its niche.

Album Review: When Nobody/Everybody is Listening – The Basement Tapes

November 21, 2014
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It may seem a bit like overkill, and in many ways it is, but that all depends on your perspective.

Rock Concert Review: Guitarist Steve Hackett — The Real Thing

November 21, 2014
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Of all the songs ever written about a woman violated by her brother’s ghost after she decapitates him playing croquet, “The Musical Box” remains the best.

Classical Concert Review: Boston Baroque Celebrates Monteverdi — Beautifully

November 20, 2014
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I am starting to love Vespers of 1610 deeply, so I am happy to be given so many opportunities by first-rate groups to re-experience it.

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