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Classical CD Reviews: Andris Nelsons conducts Bruckner and Andrew Manze conducts Vaughan Williams

June 17, 2017
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For all the surface-y beauty of the BSO’s playing, it’s a dull interpretation of Anton Bruckner’s Symphony no. 3.

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Classical CD Reviews: Emerson Quartet plays Purcell and Britten and Mozart in Havana

June 16, 2017
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The Emerson Quartet is as restless and curious as ever; pianist Simone Dinnerstein is featured on a treasure of a disc.

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Classical Music Review: Boston Early Music Festival — The King’s Singers and Ayreheart

June 16, 2017
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Boston Early Music Festival tossed a bang-up evening of performances on Monday night.

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Book Review: “Our Dead World” — Testaments to the Never Quite Absent

June 16, 2017
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Bolivian author Liliana Colanzi delivers some risky, but important, messages in these enigmatic stories.

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Classical CD Reviews: “Recurrence” and “Thrive on Routine” (Sono Luminus)

June 15, 2017
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Why do such a high number of significant contemporary composers hail from Iceland?

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Film Review: The Sublimely Refined Touch of Ernst Lubitsch

June 15, 2017
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In Trouble in Paradise, Lubitsch makes us feel complicit in the best of ways; he makes us feel clever.

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Rethinking the Repertoire #15 – George Whitefield Chadwick’s “Symphonic Sketches”

June 14, 2017
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If George Whitefield Chadwick had been born in, say, London or Munich, he might be better known today than he is.

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Theater Review: “The Midvale High School Fiftieth Reunion” — Pleasant Remembrance of Things Past

June 14, 2017
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Alan Brody’s play is a pleasant valentine, and it will likely find a life in regional and community theaters.

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Film Review: Satire As it Should Be — “Tickling Giants”

June 13, 2017
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If you want to see what courageous political satire really looks like, see Sara Taksler’s engaging new documentary about Bassem Youssef.

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Film Review: “It Comes at Night” — A Prepper’s Handbook of Hope and Dread

June 12, 2017
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This is a fine exercise in arthouse horror — don’t expect elaborate monsters, an orchestral score, or CGI effects.

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