South Florida Classical Review

In 1964, Jack Ruby was convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa, and the Beatles were [...]

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A significant part of the Western classical canon  is based on musical conflict: A and B themes, fast and slow tempos, varied dynamics, timbres and [...]

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During a recent rehearsal of Revolution of Forms, his opera-in-progress on the Cuban revolution, the composer Anthony Davis made what he thought was an excellent [...]

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For a time, it looked like Orchestra Miami was going to fall victim to the recession, and join the growing list of  small classical ensembles [...]

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You have to give Raffaelle Cardone credit. Even in this parlous economy, the retired tenor-turned-impresario’s upstart Miami Lyric Opera is surviving and continues to fill [...]

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Richard Goode sits quietly, peacefully at the piano. He moves comparatively little as he plays: no histrionics at the keyboard, no flashy leaps from the [...]

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Consider this: what are the odds of hearing Anton Webern’s Langsamer Satz in two  different versions within 48 hours at the same venue in Miami [...]

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 The Miami Symphony Orchestra’s programming has grown more conservative over the last two seasons, but Eduardo Marturet still manages to provide a couple of evenings [...]

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While most casual concertgoers know Johannes Brahms’ concertos or symphonies, it is in his chamber and instrumental music that Brahms reveals himself most intimately. Written [...]

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A lifetime of development within a short span of years awaited young Beethoven after the composition of his First Symphony. It’s only natural that he [...]

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 For a choice example of why Florida Grand Opera’s fortunes have proven so variable over the past decade, one could hardly do better than point to the [...]

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March 29
New World Symphony/Peter Oundjian
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5
3 p.m. Lincoln Theatre, Miami Beach.
$27-$63. 305-673-3330; www.nws.edu
Ysaye Quartet
3 p.m. Society of [...]

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 It has been nine exhausting and rewarding months since South Florida Classical Review was launched, and the website has achieved virtually all of its goals. [...]

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At the movies, the recent live transmission of Madama Butterfly from the Metropolitan Opera House marked  the beginning of a time for Butterflys. The stunning production by [...]

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When the teenage Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti issued her debut album in 2005, the major work on the disc was the Violin Concerto of Poland’s [...]

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Miami has always been given a bum rap when it comes to culture. While this cannot be justified with the wide variety of concert activity [...]

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 Kemal Gekic is not human.
The Croatian pianist opened this year’s Miami International Piano Festival Sunday with a  double-barreled display of stamina and virtuosity that even [...]

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The third annual Boca Festival of the Arts reached its finale Sunday with a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. What makes this unusual is [...]

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There were cellists aplenty in the audience—and a few violinists as well —for the return of Steven Isserlis, the British cellist who has not been [...]

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 Sarasota–The received wisdom in opera is they comedy is tough and drama easy. The production of Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore currently running at Sarasota Opera disputes [...]

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