Archive for February, 2010
19-year-old captures top prize at National Chopin Competition
The competition was grueling, certainly for the audience, which heard five […]
Sun Feb 28, 2010
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Soprano Kiehr and colleagues open Tropical Baroque Festival in style
The Miami Bach Society’s eleventh annual Tropical Baroque Music Festival commenced […]
Sun Feb 28, 2010
at 12:16 pm
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Inspired cast and creative staging put a new gloss on an old villain in Palm Beach Opera’s “Don Giovanni”
Palm Beach Opera’s effective new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni skips […]
Sat Feb 27, 2010
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Bach to the future with Firebird’s delightful take on the Brandenburgs
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has offered infinite interpretive possibilities […]
Sat Feb 27, 2010
at 11:19 am
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With steep highs and lows, FGO’s tribute to Heuer reflects his quarter-century at the helm
Florida Grand Opera’s “Evening to Remember” gala honoring Robert Heuer’s twenty-five […]
Fri Feb 26, 2010
at 11:41 am
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Ying Quartet offers depth and brilliance in rarities at Frost
The Ying Quartet jettisoned the originally announced scores by Schumann and […]
Wed Feb 24, 2010
at 11:00 am
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Fine singing upstaged–again–by crude stage direction in FGO’s “Barber”
Performances of Rossini’s Barber of Seville rarely err on the side […]
Sun Feb 21, 2010
at 3:12 pm
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FGO to stay with four-opera season in 2010-2011
Florida Grand Opera has announced four operas for next season, sticking […]
Sun Feb 21, 2010
at 2:21 pm
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Sleeper’s “Xenia” receives worthy premiere alongside showpieces by Bartok and Rimsky
The University of Miami’s Frost Symphony Orchestra played to a capacity […]
Sun Feb 21, 2010
at 1:38 pm
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Spano and New World unite in blazing performance at Arsht Center
Robert Spano is one of America’s finest conductors. A first-class orchestral […]
Sun Feb 21, 2010
at 12:51 pm
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With an alarming moment, Miami Symphony provides gleaming performances of Prokofiev and de Falla
“A Valentine’s Nostalgia” was the theme of the Miami Symphony Orchestra’s […]
Sat Feb 20, 2010
at 10:49 am
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Miami’s Chopin Competition to showcase top American pianists
The music of Frederic Chopin has exerted a unique spell on […]
Fri Feb 19, 2010
at 4:25 pm
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Paris Piano Trio shines in Brahms and Rachmaninoff
Late in life Johannes Brahms developed an affection for the clarinet, […]
Thu Feb 18, 2010
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Joshua Bell displays lively Romantic fervor at the Broward Center
Joshua Bell has attempted to balance the dual careers of concert […]
Tue Feb 16, 2010
at 11:52 am
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Platt’s farewell concert with Boca Symphonia a worthy showcase
Sunday afternoon brought Alexander Platt’s final appearance as the Boca Raton […]
Mon Feb 15, 2010
at 9:57 am
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Slatkin, Detroit Symphony deliver a sumptuous performance at Kravis Center
In programming Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s […]
Thu Feb 11, 2010
at 12:54 pm
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Claremont Trio turns in uneven performance in Palm Beach
A large audience turned out on Sunday afternoon for a concert […]
Tue Feb 09, 2010
at 12:31 pm
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Historic Lincoln Theatre to be gutted, converted to retail
The New World Symphony has sold the Lincoln Theatre to a […]
Tue Feb 09, 2010
at 12:24 pm
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Eroica Trio serves up gleaming performances of Dvorak and Cassado
Dvorak’s Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor remains one of […]
Sun Feb 07, 2010
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Glazunov given warm advocacy by revamped Delray Quartet
The Russian composer Alexander Glazunov is remembered today primarily for his […]
Sun Feb 07, 2010
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