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New World chamber program mixes attractive Classical-era music with dispensable 1960s works
The order of works on the New World Symphony’s final chamber […]
Mon Dec 18, 2017
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Soloists shine in Master Chorale’s truncated, lightweight “Messiah”
The South Florida Christmas season brings temperatures that dip into the […]
Sat Dec 09, 2017
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Sleeper leads Frost Symphony in rich and nuanced performances of Brahms and Sleeper
The University of Miami’s Frost School of Music put its assets […]
Sun Dec 03, 2017
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New World players go from darkness to light in chamber program
It would be hard to design a more varied chamber program […]
Mon Nov 20, 2017
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Singers shine brightly in FGO’s stark and dramatic “Lucia”
Florida Grand Opera’s grimly effective production of Lucia di Lammermoor placed […]
Sun Nov 12, 2017
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Yo-Yo Ma returns as Strauss’s knight errant with MTT, New World Symphony
Miami has experienced enough hurricanes that a mere tropical storm wasn’t […]
Sun Oct 29, 2017
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Miami Symphony opens season with festive program and two concerto premieres
The Miami Symphony Orchestra opened its season Sunday with a characteristically […]
Mon Oct 16, 2017
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Three alumni open New World chamber series with user-friendly program
Contemporary classical music has long shed the forbidding reputation of a […]
Mon Oct 09, 2017
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From Bach to Kallembach, Seraphic Fire bridges the centuries in Easter program
Death and resurrection were the themes Friday, as the choir Seraphic […]
Sat Apr 15, 2017
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Critic’s Choice
Another distinguished conductor will debut with the New World Symphony this […]
Wed Apr 05, 2017
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Weak libretto undermines strong music and compelling story in FGO’s “Before Night Falls”
The contemporary opera Before Night Falls, which opened Saturday at the […]
Sun Mar 19, 2017
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FGO set to present operatic tale of exiled Cuban poet
After escaping from Cuba, the novelist and poet Reinaldo Arenas found […]
Tue Mar 14, 2017
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Weak soloist apart, the Royal Scottish Orchestra gives a fine account of themselves at the Broward Center
Not many visiting orchestras arrive in South Florida with an endorsement […]
Tue Mar 14, 2017
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Verdi’s “Rigoletto” receives a crackling performance from Palm Beach Opera
Verdi’s dark masterpiece Rigoletto was given a moving performance Friday at […]
Sat Mar 11, 2017
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French orchestra’s performance très bon at Kravis Center
French and American flags shared the stage Sunday as the outstanding […]
Mon Feb 27, 2017
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Critic’s Choice
The great American conductor Leonard Slatkin brought the Saint Louis Symphony […]
Thu Feb 23, 2017
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Lang Lang delivers musical depth along with theatrics at the Kravis Center
Franz Liszt, who helped create the glamorous, faintly diabolical persona of […]
Wed Feb 22, 2017
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New World members take the spotlight in concerto program
Every year members of the New World Symphony compete for the […]
Sun Feb 19, 2017
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Palm Beach Opera opens season with a vivid and affecting “Butterfly”
Despite Madama Butterfly being set in a land of subtle manners […]
Sat Jan 28, 2017
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Gerstein disappoints with surprisingly sloppy Liszt in Coral Gables
South Florida piano aficionados must have eagerly anticipated Tuesday’s recital by […]
Wed Jan 25, 2017
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