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Theater Review: “Hear Word! Nigerian Woman Talk True” — Speaking Truth to Power

February 2, 2018
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Despite its drawbacks, this is a powerful production that speaks to what is happening today.

Classical Music CDs: Orchestral Music from “The Ring” and Michael Tippett’s Symphonies nos. 1 & 2

February 1, 2018
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The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra gives sold readings of two Michael Tippett symphonies.

Classical CD Reviews: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Schumann and “The Gershwin Moment”

February 1, 2018
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The San Francisco Symphony delivers performances of chamber-like sensitivity and remarkable transparency.

Theater Review: “Proof” — Missed Moments of Power

February 1, 2018
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This Proof’s weakness comes from the thinness of its lead performances.

Jazz Concert Review: Lee Konitz at 90 — At the Regattabar

January 31, 2018
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Lee Konitz presented himself as the aging hipster he seems to be — sunglasses, laconic presence, and an I-don’t-give-a-shit attitude.

Classical Music CD Reviews: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s Complete Beethoven Sonatas, Petrenko’s “Spring,” “Toscanini 150th Anniversary,” Teodor Currentzis’ Tchaikovsky

January 30, 2018
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A round-up that includes: irresistible Beethoven, welcome arrivals of spring, a spirited celebration of Toscanini, and spectacular, revelatory Tchaikovsky.

Concert Review: An Eye-, Ear-, and Mind-opening Performance of Ives’ Violin Sonatas

January 29, 2018
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Time seemed to stand still, a reflection of Jeremy Denk and Stefan Jackiw’s astonishing polish — they understand the music of Charles Ives deeply.

Concert Review: Pianist Garrick Ohlsson at Mechanics Hall

January 29, 2018
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A pianist with an uncommonly sensitive touch, Garrick Ohlsson’s playing encompasses poeticism and technical strength in just about equal measure.

Classical CD Reviews: Estonian Festival Orchestra’s Shostakovich and Andrew Manze’s Mendelssohn, vol. 2

January 29, 2018
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Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra present a probing and excellent version of Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 6.

Book Review: “In a Lonely Place” — In the Mind of a Misogynist

January 27, 2018
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Dorothy B. Hughes is one of the finest female practitioners of noir.

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