Review
A lot goes on in an epic — three acts over three hours with two intermissions — and there’s boatloads for Kate Hamill to dramatize and for the audience to digest.
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A Boston jazz critic’s notebook — three shows at Regattabar and one at the Lilypad.
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Nash Ensemble’s new album captures much of what makes Claude Debussy’s chamber music so fresh and beloved. Orion Weiss’s Arc III is smart, timely programming, dispatched with insight and care.
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It is always a pleasure to see Ibsen on stage, but this production of one of his masterpieces is generally humdrum.
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Whether he’s playing in the middle, on the edge, or is just flying out on his own, veteran tenor saxophonist Mark Turner reconfirms on these three new releases that he is still finding his own way.
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Sir Simon Rattle and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra solve the riddle of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 7. The conductor and the London Symphony Orchestra also offer a refreshingly impish, characterful traversal of music by Kurt Weill.
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A hero of his times: celebrating Latvian pioneering documentarian Juris Podnieks.
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Three engaging and spirited books celebrate Black history, culture, and resilience.
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“The Monkey” is a delightful exercise in black humor.
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Two heartfelt documentaries about the Hamas attack and hostage-taking have premiered at this year’s Berlinale and have been received respectfully, even welcomed.
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The 20th Annual Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll: The Institution Continues