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Classical Music Feature: Juventas New Music Ensemble Marks Its 20th Year

August 26, 2024
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Juventas’s commitment to classical music in the present tense makes it the only professional ensemble of its kind devoted specifically to the music of emerging composers.

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Jazz Album Review: The Final Days of the 1369 Jazz Club — Rare and Precious Recordings

August 25, 2024
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Given the age of the recordings and peculiarities of the venue, the sound quality is very good — certainly more than good enough given the historical value of the amazing music captured therein.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Two Masters of the Jazz Harmonica

August 23, 2024
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Here are two new and very different records from virtuosos of the jazz harmonica, both seasoned pros, and one of them deserving of much wider recognition.

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Jazz Album Reviews: A Trio of Superior Recordings Featuring Master Guitarists

August 22, 2024
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Three guitarists — Bill Banfield, Ray Obiedo, and Lee Ritenour — release superb albums.

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Concert Review: Boston Landmarks Orchestra — Dancing Freely at the Hatch Shell

August 21, 2024
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Performing with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, dynamic Canadian violinist Adrian Anantawan made music by Piazzolla and Florence Price burn blue hot.

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Classical Album Review: Baroque Music — But Guitar, No Harpsichord — Beautiful!

August 19, 2024
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In Handel’s day, excerpts from his operas were often played at home, without singers. They sound great on this new recording by the group humorously (and quite inaccurately) called False Consonance.

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Musician Interview: Alex Levine on The Gaslight Anthem’s Expanded “History Books”

August 15, 2024
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“Just like a rejuvenated marriage, we feel as if we can conquer anything. We’re excited, we’re excited to continue doing what we do, make music, tour, and see what comes of it.”

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Opera Album Review: One of Saint-Saëns’s Best Operas — Finally on Disc!

August 15, 2024
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We have a recording of “Déjanire,” its first ever. And it’s splendid, with a superb cast, an insightful conductor, and the orchestra and chorus of the very city in which it was first performed a century earlier!

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Rock Concert Review: Chameleons — Reviving Greatness

August 13, 2024
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The band’s performance at the Sinclair proved that the Chameleons are back in vintage form.

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Concert Review: Boston Landmarks Orchestra — Weighty Fun

August 10, 2024
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Conductor Christopher Wilkins and Boston Landmarks Orchestra routinely present serious, challenging programs: but there is always room left for some partying.

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