Celebrity-Series

Concert Review: Evgeny Kissin and the Emerson String Quartet — Brilliant

April 26, 2018
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The thought of the Kissin/Emerson collaboration was very intriguing, and I anticipated amazing music making.

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Concert Review: Audra McDonald — Another Fabulous Performance

April 16, 2018
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There were the inevitable crowd-pleasers on which Audra McDonald puts her impassioned stamp.

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Concert Review: The Super Trio Celebrates Brahms

February 24, 2018
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The members of this trio seem to have preternatural access to each other’s musical thoughts.

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Concert Review: An Eye-, Ear-, and Mind-opening Performance of Ives’ Violin Sonatas

January 29, 2018
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Time seemed to stand still, a reflection of Jeremy Denk and Stefan Jackiw’s astonishing polish — they understand the music of Charles Ives deeply.

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Dance Feature: Alvin Ailey and Boston’s Elma Lewis — Beautiful Beyond Resistance

December 13, 2017
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The Celebrity Series of Boston gathered a distinguished multi-generational panel to consider both the legacy of Alvin Ailey and of Elma Lewis.

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Concert Review: Martha Argerich and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia at Symphony Hall

October 24, 2017
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Far more impressive than pianist Martha Argerich’s impeccable mechanical abilities are her interpretive chops. Here, she’s truly in a league of her own.

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

September 13, 2017
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Some institutions’ offerings aren’t as challenging as they could be, but there’s a healthy balance between the familiar and new.

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Concert Review: Roomful of Teeth and A Far Cry

April 16, 2017
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Sometimes 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 Review: The Rolling Thunder of Kodō’s DADAN

March 25, 2017
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With each piece, the impressive physicality of Kodō’s drummers becomes even more theatrical.

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

March 13, 2017
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This is music that says things that cannot be said any other way, music that cannot wear its heart on its sleeve.

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