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Bates Piano Concerto proves an instant classic in Trifonov’s debut recording
Bates, now 47, has emerged as a composer of greater depth and discernment. One gets the sense that the California native hit a creative wall and needed to break through it to take his music to the ...
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A harpsichord festival grows in Washington, courtesy of Capriccio Baroque
Justin Taylor will open Capriccio Baroque’s harpsichord festival Friday night at the French Embassy. Carolyn Winter founded Capriccio Baroque in 2017, splitting off the harpsichord-centered series ...
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A Boston double-shot of Gershwin musicals proves timely and delightful
Aaron Engebreth and Abagail Paschke in George Gershwin’s Of Thee I Sing, presented by Odyssey Opera. Photo: Kathy Wittman What has been harder to come by of late, and not just locally, are ...
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Ax masterfully illuminates contrasts and convergence in Celebrity Series recital
Emanuel Ax performed music of Schoenberg, Beethoven and Schumann Sunday afternoon at Jordan Hall for the Celebrity Series. Photo: Robert Torres/CS Of all the unexpected connections to emerge from ...
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Chicago Opera Theater presents a belated historic premiere with Paër’s “Leonora”
You want your Leonora, you got your Leonora. Beethoven’s opera Fidelio—currently playing at Lyric Opera—was originally named Leonore and was the composer’s preferred title—sensibly so since it ...