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Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — A Real Tradition, but of What?

The tradition of hybrids is there, for anyone who chooses to use it. Our modern media world makes that tradition accessible in hitherto unimaginable ways.

By: Steve Elman Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Jazz, Music Tagged: classical, Claude Debussy, hybrid, Jazz, Jazz-Influenced Piano Concertos, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, JIPC, Johnny Hodges, Ravel Concerto in G

Classical Music Review: Finally Joining the Cult of Tomsic

The audience went wild; Chopin’s Ballades do that to people. Cheering broke out after Dubravka Tomsic played the second ballade, and by the fourth, which starts out quietly like a lullaby and builds up to an all-out, rhapsodic, virtuosic tour de force, the entire audience seemed smitten. Dubravka Tomsic. Presented by the Celebrity Series at […]

By: Susan Miron Filed Under: Classical Music, Music Tagged: Celebrity-Series, Chopin, classical, Dubravka Tomsic, piano

Coming Attractions in Classical Music: October 2009

By Caldwell Titcomb Oct 4: Celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederika von Stade gives her farewell Boston performance to inaugurate the Celebrity Series’ new season. Also sharing the spotlight will be the famed soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Symphony Hall, 3:00 p.m.

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Music, Opera Tagged: Boston, Boston Baroque, Boston Classical Orchestra, Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble and Chorale, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Caldwell-Titcomb, Cambridge, Celebrity-Series, classical, concert, conductor, Federico Cortese, Frederika von Stade, Gustavo-Dudamel, Handel, John Adams, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ludovic Morlot, Martin Pearlman, Memorial Church, Murray Forbes, Music, Opera, Opera Boston, organ, PBS, Rossini, Somerville, Steven Lipsitt, The Chiara Quartet

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