Archive for 2008

A magical night of Ravel from the Frost Opera Theater

One of the best-kept secrets on the local music scene is […]

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Thu Oct 16, 2008
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No launch day but today

Welcome to the new home of South Florida Classical Review. The […]

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Wed Oct 15, 2008
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Chamber music opener a memorable night

Chamber music is often defined as music among friends, which generally […]

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Wed Oct 15, 2008
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Ivan Davis says farewell with Schumann

Shelly Berg was the most prominent musician on the stage of […]

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Sun Oct 12, 2008
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Firebird Orchestra makes its first flight

It’s safe to say that few chamber orchestras are born in […]

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Sat Oct 11, 2008
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Festival Miami puts on the Ritz

by Alan Becker The Ritz Chamber Players, founded in 2002, is […]

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Sat Oct 11, 2008
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Corigliano premiere opens Festival Miami with brassy power

By age 25, most young people are moving out of the […]

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Fri Oct 10, 2008
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Fast-rising pianist to open New World season in style

The New World Symphony opens its 21st season next Friday night […]

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Fri Oct 10, 2008
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Festival Miami opens music season tonight

This weekend marks the start of South Florida’s music season proper, […]

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Thu Oct 09, 2008
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Firebird Chamber Orchestra takes wing

Last month Patrick Dupre Quigley and Seraphic Fire opened their seventh […]

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Tue Oct 07, 2008
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Corigliano to the Maximus

  Festival Miami ushers in a new era this Thursday when […]

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Fri Oct 03, 2008
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Plain Dealer’s silencing of music critic shows it’s plain gutless

Last week it was revealed that Cleveland’s leading newspaper, The Plain […]

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Thu Oct 02, 2008
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African rhythms and musical sonograms

The experimental music scene in Miami is fairly circumscribed, compared to […]

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Tue Sep 30, 2008
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"Bonesetter" cuts to the marrow of Chinese experience

SAN FRANCISCO: The course of opera history is nearly biblical in […]

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Sun Sep 28, 2008
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Back on the Beach Beat

The music season is heating up this weekend with several worthy […]

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Sat Sep 27, 2008
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Seraphic Fire opens with Cuban Baroque

The world’s popular songbooks of the 20th and 21st centuries have […]

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Fri Sep 26, 2008
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Realpolitik circa 14th-century Genoa

SAN FRANCISCO: Of Verdi’s greatest works, Simon Boccanegra remains the least […]

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Thu Sep 25, 2008
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Korngold’s haunting opera revived in style

SAN FRANCISCO—“The guy needs a psychiatrist,” said one woman in the […]

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Wed Sep 24, 2008
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Met opener an opaque experience

The Metropolitan Opera opened its 125th season Monday night with a […]

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Wed Sep 24, 2008
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Plugged into African music

It’s a rare experience to encounter the music of Ligeti in […]

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Sun Sep 21, 2008
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