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Classical Music Concert Preview: “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” — Via ClassicalCafé

December 3, 2020
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This small jewel of a show has been a Bronx-based treasure for the last seven years, but now, “thanks” to COVID-19, it is available to anyone, anywhere in the world.

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Classical Album Review: Commedia dell’arte Clowns in a World of Heartbreak

December 3, 2020
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Dohnányi and Schnitzler’s “pantomime” The Veil of Pierrette receives its first, and resplendent, recording.

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Short Fuse Podcast #33: Critics Gathering — Bill Marx, Matt Hanson, and The 2020 Virtual Fusical

December 2, 2020
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These are trying times for nonprofit publications like ours and for the arts — our publication plays a crucial role in maintaining the cultural ecosystem.

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Book Review: Ken Bruen’s “A Galway Epiphany” — A Vision of Exhaustion

December 2, 2020
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Jack Taylor’s awareness of his own depleted condition is part of A Galway Epiphany’s Beckett-infused drama.

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Classical Album Reviews: Petrenko conducts Elgar, Britten’s “Saint Nicolas,” and “Italian Postcards”

December 2, 2020
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One of Vasily Petrenko’s most successful Elgar releases; there’s an edge to the Crouch End Festival Chorus’ performance of Britten’s Saint Nicolas ; Quartetto di Cremona’s new album is nothing if not overflowing with Mediterranean personality

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Jazz Review/Interview: Duncan Heining Revises His Landmark Biography of Jazz Composer George Russell

December 2, 2020
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If you do not know George Russell, this book will bring you closer to one of the geniuses of American music. Read More

Book Review: Nicole Krauss’ “To Be a Man” — A Virtuoso Performance

December 1, 2020
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Nicole Krauss’ new book of short stories generates a curious, understated, but genuinely transporting spirit, pretty much throughout.

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Film Review: Killing Time in God’s Waiting Room — A Moving Picture about Life in Florida’s “The Villages”

December 1, 2020
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Like a day in a Disney dream-land, the “heaven-on-earth” glow of life in The Villages ultimately fades – quicker for some than for others.

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Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven Symphonies, Part 2 – Seiji Ozawa conducts the Seventh, François-Xavier Roth Leads the Fifth, and Thomas Adès conducts Beethoven & Barry

November 30, 2020
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Seiji Ozawa’s Symphony no. 7 and Leonore Overture no. 3 offers a memorable blend of color, atmosphere, purpose, and soul; François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles serve up a satisfactory, period-instrument Symphony no. 5; Thomas Adès’ take on Beethoven is concentrated and energetic, if a bit impersonal.

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Arts Feature: Celebrating 100 Years of The Cabot

November 30, 2020
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The event is not merely a celebration of the Cabot’s centennial; in 2020, it’s an act of defiance.

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