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Thrilling Mascagni tops Miami Lyric Opera’s mixed double bill

Verismo was an operatic movement in the late 19th and early […]

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Mon Nov 06, 2023
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Saraste’s objective style draws vivid Mahler with New World Symphony

Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 is a tormented and disturbing work. […]

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Sun Nov 05, 2023
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Seraphic Fire makes a fascinating journey into the French Baroque

Music of the French Baroque is too rarely heard on this […]

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Fri Nov 03, 2023
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UM Frost opens two new recital venues with celebratory concert

The Frost School of Music opened the new Robert and Judi […]

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Thu Nov 02, 2023
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Schwarz, Frost Symphony deliver rousing Ravel with “Daphnis et Chloè”

Since 2019 when Gerard Schwarz became director of orchestral studies and […]

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Sun Oct 29, 2023
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Singer finds the charm in Ligeti with New World Percussion Consort

“Charm” is hardly the term one would normally use to describe […]

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Sat Oct 28, 2023
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Tetzloff’s fresh, individual Schumann sparks Miami Piano Fest opener

Three pianists took the stage at the Aventura Arts and Culture […]

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Mon Oct 23, 2023
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Harth-Bedoya leads New World in high-stepping Latin & American program

West Side Story has proven to be Leonard Bernstein’s most enduring […]

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Sun Oct 22, 2023
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Denève leads New World in powerful Prokofiev and a compelling new work

Stéphane Denève keeps going from strength to strength. After leading a […]

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Sun Oct 15, 2023
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Denève leads New World players in a Mozart wind masterpiece

Wind band concert repertoire is largely a product of the 20th […]

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Mon Oct 09, 2023
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Ensemble Ibis opens the door to bracing contemporary works

One can always count on Shawn Crouch to present enterprising and […]

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Sun Oct 08, 2023
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Mobley and colleagues offer compelling survey of songs of freedom

Music has always played a role in social movements and battles […]

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Sat Oct 07, 2023
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Andsnes returns for stellar Beethoven with New World Symphony

Leif Ove Andsnes is one of the most intelligent and sensitive […]

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Sun Oct 01, 2023
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Schwarz opens Frost season with probing Brahms and an American classic

William Schuman was one of America’s most important figures in classical […]

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Sun Sep 24, 2023
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Denève opens his first New World Symphony season with a rousing and lustrous ode to the sea

The next chapter in the thirty-five year history of the New […]

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Sun Sep 17, 2023
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Denève eager to set sail at helm of New World Symphony

Stephane Denève believes concerts are “a transcendent experience that can only […]

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Wed Sep 13, 2023
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Griffey and Jones bring sterling advocacy to English and American song

When singers perform art song recitals, German and French repertoire tend […]

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Mon Sep 11, 2023
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Critic’s Choice 2023-24

Music of James Lee III, Peter Lieberson and Prokofiev. New World […]

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Wed Sep 06, 2023
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Sinta Quartet brings flair to classical and folk music in Coral Gables

The saxophone has long been a major instrumental component of jazz […]

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Fri Aug 04, 2023
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An abridged “Poppea” proves a compelling musical drama at MBMF

Monteverdi’s 1643 opera The Coronation of Poppea  is one of the […]

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Sun Jul 23, 2023
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