Archive for April, 2009
From humpback whales to Broadway swagger, New World closes chamber season with genuine American diversity
Anyone looking for a common musical thread in the five American works served up by the New World Symphony in its final chamber program of the season will likely…
Tue Apr 28, 2009
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Canadian soprano nabs top prize in Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition
[L to R: Palm Beach Opera General Director Daniel Biaggi, Advanced Division 1st place winner Yannick-Muriel Noah, Conductor Eve Queler, and Junior Division 1st Place winner Elliot…
Mon Apr 27, 2009
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Chinese soprano is unforgettable in Florida Grand Opera’s shattering “Butterfly”
Seconds after the curtain fell Saturday night, a male usher at the back of the Ziff Ballet Opera House had his glasses off, and was wiping tears from his…
Sun Apr 26, 2009
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Financially pressed Florida Grand Opera ditches its concert series after just one season
Florida Grand Opera is pulling the plug on its Superstar Concert Series, a project launched with much hype and lavish promotion this season, due to the company’s ongoing financial crisis.…
Sat Apr 25, 2009
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Master Chorale closes season with American music
Joshua Habermann assumed the post of Master Chorale of South Florida artistic director last summer, and it has been intriguing to see his influence on the self-governing ensemble, which…
Sat Apr 25, 2009
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At 70 (no, really), Ellen Taaffe Zwilich remains as energetic and youthful as her music
The first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music will turn 70 on April 30, a significant anniversary that most people would probably find difficult to believe. Ellen…
Thu Apr 23, 2009
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Sunday Afternoons of Music to open 2009-2010 with McDuffie
Sunday Afternoons of Music will serve up yet another varied lineup of vocal, instrumental and chamber events in 2009-2010.
Doreen Marx will open her 29th season…
Thu Apr 23, 2009
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Boca Symphonia wraps season with guest conductor and new concerto
The Boca Raton Symphonia closed its season Sunday at the Saint Andrew’s School with a contemporary Violin Concerto by Jonathan Leshnoff (b. 1973), composer-in-residence of the Baltimore…
Mon Apr 20, 2009
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New World goes Dutch in modern style with conductor de Leeuw
Reinbert de Leeuw’s annual appearances with the New World Symphony have proven to be among the most enlightening and enjoyable events of the Miami Beach orchestra’s past decade. The…
Sun Apr 19, 2009
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Frost Symphony rises to the challenge with a stirring Mahler Fifth
Despite the massive orchestral forces and fortissimo climaxes, Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 abounds with intimate, exposed passages performed by just a few instruments. It offers every section of…
Sun Apr 19, 2009
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Seraphic Fire offers sacred and scary takes on motherhood
One reason Seraphic Fire’s performances have remained fresh and stimulating for seven seasons is because Patrick Dupre Quigley’s programs have consistently defied expectations and challenged audiences.
The concert presented…
Sat Apr 18, 2009
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Met’s fascinating documentary wins “The Audition”
A valuable group of films documenting the backstage of classical music is part of the legacy of the media explosion from the eighties and early nineties. During those “golden…
Thu Apr 16, 2009
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Cellist Weilerstein provides intense advocacy for Golijov
The New World Symphony program served up last weekend provided a conspicuous example of just why the Miami Beach orchestra has become the leading classical music organization in South…
Sun Apr 12, 2009
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Spivakov, virtuosic Russian orchestra bedazzle the Arsht Center audience
The final season of the Concert Association of Florida was, fittingly, framed by Russian orchestras: Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra last November and Vladimir Spivakov and the National…
Sat Apr 11, 2009
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Arsht Center to launch new classical series this fall
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts will launch a new classical music series next season that will offer a range of national and…
Fri Apr 10, 2009
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Bryn Terfel’s voice and magnetism provide a memorable night
There is charisma and there is star power. And then there is Bryn Terfel.
The celebrated opera singer is a force of nature, possessing an ample bass-baritone that remains…
Tue Apr 07, 2009
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Sublime to ridiculous, Miami Symphony offers a movable feast
The Miami Symphony Orchestra’s performance Sunday night proved just how playful the orchestra can be under conductor Eduardo Marturet.
The night started with Reynaldo Hahn’s rarely played Mozart Overture,…
Tue Apr 07, 2009
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Delray Quartet closes season with the darker side of Mendelssohn
Vivaldi’s Violin Concerto in A Minor is a warhorse of the novice repertoire, a work heard most frequently in performances by platoons of Suzuki violin students. But there…
Mon Apr 06, 2009
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French soprano lifts Palm Beach Opera’s “La Boheme”
The artists shivered in their garret, snow fell on the Café Momus and Mimi dropped her muff and died, as Palm Beach Opera put on a respectable…
Sat Apr 04, 2009
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Violinist’s Brahms sparks Cleveland’s final season stand
As with wine and relationships, the Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami residency has required something of a maturation process to find its footing. In its first two seasons, the…
Sat Apr 04, 2009
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