A Far Cry
Happily, the string orchestra A Far Cry has the skill to back up its good intentions with good music.
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A Far Cry’s program of new and old music revealed that the simplest gestures can generate wonder.
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Thanks to a blend of compositional technique and solid musical grounding in each of the works, “Flames to Ashes” exceeded easy categorization.
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The Crier’s program pairs three composers one doesn’t always find together. As is likewise the norm with this group and their selections, everything somehow connects – and on multiple levels.
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The music swelled as the early universe spun …
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A triumphant disc from A Far Cry, some fresh thinking from Giuseppe Sinopoli and the Israel Philharmonic, and Thomas Hampson, a great purveyor of American song, focuses on Chicago.
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This is a sound I’ve never heard before at a chamber concert: over twenty musicians breathing in unison.
Read MoreSometimes new music isn’t really new and old music isn’t actually old; the best of it exists on some other plane entirely.
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Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances and Recordings of 2017
A line-up of concerts, performances, and recordings that, as 2017 draws to its close, I can’t, for one reason or many, shake from my memory.
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