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Sir Mark Elder’s latest traversal of Edward Elgar’s two symphonies supplies orchestral playing of the highest level; Sir Antonio Pappano provides plenty of electrifying moments in a pairing of orchestral favorites.
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It’s always fun to hear this mischievous instrumentalist in action.
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Almost immediately, this now quarter century old program proved to be a wonderful merger of art and environment, creativity and nature.
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Long one of the most-performed French operas, “Le Prophète,” thanks to some splendid performances, feels as vivid and relevant as ever.
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This new album from Norma Winstone and Kit Downes is a marvel.
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Elizabeth Howard talks to “Swans of Harlem” author Karen Valby and Lydia Abarca, a prima ballerina and one of the Swans, about the forgotten story of a pioneering group of five Black ballerinas.
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Themes of class, race, and artistic appropriation reminiscent of “American Fiction” lurk beneath “Crumb Catcher”‘s generic conventions.
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“Goyhood” can be larger than life, and its plot is a real doozy, but this isn’t a lightly comic excursion: the religious and social consternations that roil the brothers Belkin are as earnest as they are outlandish.
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Happily, the string orchestra A Far Cry has the skill to back up its good intentions with good music.
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Fred Waitzkin’s beautiful, sad book will stay with me forever.
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger