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Commentary: 2017-18 Orchestral, Opera, and New Music Season Preview

Some institutions’ offerings aren’t as challenging as they could be, but there’s a healthy balance between the familiar and new.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: A Far Cry, and Brahms Society Orchestra, Andris Nelsons, Bach, Beethoven, Boston Baroque, Boston New Music Festival, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston-Lyric-Opera, Boston-Musica-Viva, Celebrity-Series, Center for New Music, Collage New Music, Guerilla Opera, Handel and Haydn Society, Lexington Symphony, NEC orchestras, New-England-Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra

Concert Review: Roomful of Teeth and A Far Cry

Sometimes new music isn’t really new and old music isn’t actually old; the best of it exists on some other plane entirely.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: A Far Cry, Celebrity-Series, Coloring Book, Law of Mosaics, Roomful of Teeth, Sanders Theatre, Ted Hearne

Music Review: The Rolling Thunder of Kodō’s DADAN

With each piece, the impressive physicality of Kodō’s drummers becomes even more theatrical.

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Featured, Music, Popular Music, Review Tagged: Celebrity-Series, DADAN 2017, Kodō

Jazz Review: Vijay Iyer Sextet at Sanders Theater — Speak, Memory

This is music that says things that cannot be said any other way, music that cannot wear its heart on its sleeve.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Celebrity-Series, Graham Haynes, Mark Shim, Stephan Crump, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer’s sextet

Dance Review: Jessica Lang Dance — Flowing with the Go

I like to see dances that are somehow all of a piece. Hope this doesn’t mean I’m sinking into some kind of retro-fogeyism.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Celebrity-Series, Jessica Lang Dance, Marcia B. Siegel

Concert Review: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra at Symphony Hall

The biggest musical takeaway was the sheer brilliance of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s playing, which is the gold standard.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Celebrity-Series, Mahler Symphony Number Seven, Sir Simon Rattle

Jazz Review: Chucho Valdés – Joe Lovano Quintet at the Berklee Performance Center — Molto Vivo

Intense head music and powerful foot music, but this show needed a little more heart.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Featured, Jazz, Music, Review Tagged: Celebrity-Series, Chucho Valdés, Gaston Joya Perellada, Joe Lovano

Music Commentary/Preview: 2016 Fall Orchestral Season Overview

In the six years I’ve now been reviewing for the Fuse, I can honestly say that the 2016-17 season looks to be one of the liveliest in recent memory.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music, Preview Tagged: A Far Cry, Bach Beethoven and Brahms Society Orchestra, Boston Baroque, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony, Boston-Philharmonic, Cantata Singers, Celebrity-Series, Grand Harmonie, Handel and Haydn Society, Lexington Symphony, Longwood Symphony, New England Conservatory, New-England-Philharmonic, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra

Dance Review: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Comes to Boston — Sensorial Satiation

The latest show from the superb Hubbard Street Dance Chicago had something for all of the senses.

By: Merli V. Guerra Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Celebrity-Series, Crystal Pite, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Merli V. Guerra, Penny Saunders, William Forsythe

Dance Review: Full Houses — Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Each piece was delivered in a different combination of popular dance and modern dance styles.

By: Marcia B. Siegel Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Celebrity-Series, Exodus, Marcia B. Siegel, No Longer Silent, Open Door, Rennie-Harris, Robert Battle, Ronald K. Brown

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