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Concert Review: L.A. Philharmonic — Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang

November 25, 2019
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The charmed trifecta of John Adams, Yuja Wang, and Gustavo Dudamel produced a hit, at least to this Boston audience.

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Arts Commentary: 2019-20 Classical Music Preview

September 1, 2019
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I’ve compiled a list of twelve concerts (or concert series) that I think will stand among the future season’s highlights.

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Concert Music Review: Violinist Itzhak Perlman and Pianist Evgeny Kissin — An Odd Dream Team

April 23, 2019
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A bit surprising — that two megastars choose such meat and potatoes repertoire.

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Dance Review: It’s Party Time — Monica Bill Barnes & Company

March 17, 2019
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Monica Bill Barnes, a dancer-choreographer, mime, storyteller and soft satirist, has riffed in the past on the pitfalls of dancing, the vanity of performers, the absurdities of adolescence. Now she’s looking at gender displacements and assertions.

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Jazz Concert Review: Mnozil Brass — Music-as-Vaudeville

February 16, 2019
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The seven-man musical wrecking squad from Austria called Mnozil Brass has created a combination circus band, village band, marching band, and vaudeville orchestra.

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Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group’s — Fab Four Plus

February 12, 2019
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Mark Morris and Ethan Iverson chose songs from the famous album for reflection and extrapolation. What they made is an entertainment, a romp for the company’s terrific dancers.

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Dance Review: Dance Heginbotham — Music Makes It

November 15, 2018
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John Heginbotham may be making modern dance but he gives us the gift of classicism: discovery within form.

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Concert Review: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

June 12, 2018
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The show had an undercurrent that brought to the fore all the issues that have put Wynton Marsalis at the center of the culture wars.

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Dance Review: “Atomos” — Way Overagitated

May 8, 2018
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Despite its grand intentions, Atomos is essentially an abstract work that springs from Wayne McGregor’s obvious passion for full-throttle movement.

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Concert Review: Los Angeles Philharmonic at Symphony Hall

April 26, 2018
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New Yorker critic Alex Ross has called the LAPO the best orchestra in the country and that appellation seems about right.

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