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Fuse TV Review: Political Satirist John Oliver — Viewers Are Responding, not Just Watching

Each John Oliver monologue takes a different weighty and urgent political issue and deconstructs it with wit, clarity and moral purpose.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Review, Television Tagged: John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Matt Hanson, political, satire

Concert Review: Beethoven’s Missa solemnis at Symphony Hall

John Oliver, director of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, deserves the thanks of all involved for his willingness to take on this unenviable assignment, as well as credit for ensuring that the performance didn’t fall off the tracks.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cathy Basrak, John Oliver, Missa solemnis, Tanglewood Festival Orchestra

Classical Music Review: The Berlioz Requiem Opens Tanglewood In Style

While these dramatic sections constitute the more celebrated musical attributes of Berlioz’s furious conception of Judgment Day, it is actually in the quieter, mostly contemplative sections that the writing generates a just as impressive visionary reflectiveness.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Classical Music, Music Tagged: Berlioz: Requiem, Boston Symphony Orchestra, BSO, Charles Dutoit, John Oliver, Ron Barnell, Tanglewood

Culture Vulture at Tanglewood

Another extraordinary evening at Tanglewood. No bones to pick. Just appreciation and delight. At Tanglewood: James Levine conducts BSO and Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, Conductor; Hei-Kyung Hong, Soprano; Matthias Goerne, Baritone. (Photo Credit: Hilary Scott) by Helen Epstein It’s time that some cultural reporter with a budget explored what makes the Tanglewood Festival Chorus […]

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Opera Tagged: Berkshires, Brahms, Culture Vulture, Don Diovanni, Ein deutsches Requiem, Hei-kung Hong, James Levine, John Oliver, Matthias Goerne, Tanglewood, Tanglewood Festival Chorus

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