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Jazz CD Review: Philip Levine and Benjamin Boone Make “The Poetry of Jazz”

March 13, 2018
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For poet Philip Levine, music is not only a good thing in life: the good things in life are music.

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Concert Review: Charles Dutoit conducts Ravel and Javier Perianes plays Manuel de Falla

March 8, 2016
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Javier Perianes proved himself one of the elite pianists of our day, playing with such deep, inward focus.

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Visual Arts Review: “Drawing Redefined” — Philosophically Speaking

January 27, 2016
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Put simply, this is a drawing show without drawings.

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Jazz Album Reviews: Sardinian Trumpeter Paolo Fresu — Lessons Learned from Miles

May 27, 2025
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On two recent releases, trumpeter Paolo Fresu shows us exactly what he has learned from Miles Davis, and how that has expanded rather than limited his music.

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Opera Review: A Triumphant Bang of a “Rienzi” From Odyssey Opera

September 17, 2013
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For their debut on Sunday, Odyssey Opera and conductor Gil Rose could hardly have picked a more spectacular, unfamiliar epic than they did.

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Arts Interview: Tim Page on the “Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles, 1940-1954”

December 11, 2014
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Tim Page on a generous sampling of Virgil Thomson’s best music criticism – trenchant, outspoken, oftentimes delightfully clever, and always assured.

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Book Review: “The Heart of a Woman” — The Life and Music of Florence B. Price, America’s First Important Black Woman Composer

July 13, 2020
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It wasn’t until 2009 that a trove of Florence B. Price scores was discovered in a dilapidated house in down-state Illinois and a revival of interest in this most remarkable of composers began in earnest.

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Visual Arts Review: “Chasing Rembrandt” — The Hunt Continues?

May 11, 2023
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Chasing Rembrandt is a small show, probably quickly assembled to complement the TheaterWorks production. For curious viewers, though, it raises a number of provocative questions.

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Fuse Fundraiser: July 2013-July 2014 — The Year That Was For The Arts Fuse

June 19, 2014
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We have lots of plans to expand our readership and reach, to build new ways for our readers to read our online arts magazine. But we need some more resources and support to make this happen.

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Music Appreciation: Exit Daft Punk

March 13, 2021
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Few bands have shown themselves to be as infectious about their art — and for so long.

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