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Theater Review: “The Grand Parade” — History as an Imaginative Pageant

May 3, 2015
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The Grand Parade is a truly sumptuous feast of imagination, color, emotion and movement; a uniquely dramatic way of interpreting our history as a torrent of events presented without judgment.

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Fuse Concert Review: Vladimir Jurowski Leads the London Philharmonic at Symphony Hall

March 12, 2013
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The Celebrity Series of Boston offers top-notch artists and performing ensembles from around the world. With a Russian at the helm, it is no surprise that the Shostakovich Concerto would match or exceed expectations. The question was whether the Beethoven would.

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Album Review: William Bolcom’s Complete Rags — Fantastically Inventive and Rigorous

May 28, 2022
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This is the definitive recording of William Bolcom’s rags, complete or excerpted: a triumph for the pianist and the composer – as well as a grandly spirited, accessible, inventive journey for any who care to join them on it.

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Opera Preview: “The Seasons” — A Fascinating and Disturbing Weather Report

March 8, 2025
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“I wanted, with this opera, to see if audiences and collaborators could feel something about our changing weather, in an artistic space.”

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Classical CD Reviews: Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ and Mozart/Bach Adagios & Fugues (Harmonia mundi), Mahler’s Symphony no. 2 (Avie Records)

April 14, 2014
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Three reviews of new classical music CDs: one is inviting, another lively, and the last could use more intensity.

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Film Review: “White Riot” — The Superb, Sadly Relevant, Story of Rock Against Racism

October 19, 2020
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Director Rubika Shah ends her film on this high note, but no one watching could conclude that the struggle is over

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Arts Commentary/Interview: The Climate Crisis and Theater — A Playwright’s Perspective

November 28, 2022
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Do we feel the environment breakdown in our gut? Will people looking back see art that conveyed the existential threat of the emergency?

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Country Music CD Review: Marcus King’s “El Dorado” — An Inspired Detour

January 15, 2020
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In this disc, Marcus King takes a step back from the big, hard-charging sound he has been pursuing to great effect with his namesake band over the past few years.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Ghost Quartet” — Bang the Drum Slowly

September 10, 2015
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The things that go bump in the night are a pretty gooey lot in Ghost Quartet.

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Book Review: “The Geography of the Imagination” — Longing for Something Lost

January 14, 2024
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Touted as “perhaps the last great American polymath,” Guy Davenport had a singular mind; never was an artist more deserving of the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius grant.”

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