Month: October 2020

Classical CD Reviews: Beethoven Chamber Music, Part 1 – Goerne & Lisiecki Lieder, Paul Lewis plays the Bagatelles, and Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Violin Sonatas

October 31, 2020
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Three new discs do right by Beethoven’s chamber music.

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Music Review: The Harry Smith B-Sides: Precursor to The Harry Smith C(ensored)-Sides?

October 31, 2020
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The Atlanta-based label Dust-to-Digital would like to show us the flip side of The Anthology of American Folk Music, but they don’t like what they hear.

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Classical Reviews: Boston Modern Orchestra Project plays Harold Shapero, Peter Lieberson’s “Songs of Love and Sorrow,” and Charles Ives’s Complete Symphonies

October 30, 2020
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Discs dedicated to overlooked composers Harold Shapero and Peter Lieberson are well worth your attention. Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra don’t do well by Charles Ives’ final symphony, but the three preceding symphonies fare better.

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Film Review: Frederick Wiseman’s “City Hall” — A Kinder, Gentler Government?

October 30, 2020
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City Hall is a quiet, unsentimental celebration of civility in its many forms.

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Book Review: “The Camera Lies: Acting for Hitchcock”  — The Art of Doing Nothing, Well

October 29, 2020
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Dan Callahan has crafted an entertaining and illuminating guide to understanding Hitchcock’s relationship with some of the most iconic actors of the day.

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Theater Feature: An Interview with Benny Sato Ambush on Directing the Virtual Reading of Anthony Clarvoe’s “The Living”

October 29, 2020
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“A play like The Living pricks the conscience of the country. It is the reason I wanted to produce and direct it.”

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Jazz Album Review: “The Prospector” — A Saxophone-Bass-Drums Combination to Treasure

October 29, 2020
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Nothing detracts from the essentials here – three fine players in creative conversation.

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Rock Album Review: Puscifer’s “Existential Reckoning” — Amusing Ourselves to Death

October 29, 2020
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Existential Reckoning confronts today’s lethal inanity in blistering fashion, via songs that posit dire consequences for a country that wants to be entertained more than wants to be informed.

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Folk Album Review: Fleet Foxes’ “Shore” — Finding Serenity in Anxious Times

October 28, 2020
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For Fleet Foxes, Shore is impressively consistent. Each track presents a meticulously detailed soundscapes deepened by Robin Pecknold’s varied meditative perspectives.

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Short Fuse Podcast #31 — The Show Must Go On(line)

October 28, 2020
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This episode is all about creativity and curiosity in the age of Covid. Listen in for a round up of some of the best arts and culture offerings available online.

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