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Pintscher, New World deliver a season highlight with majestic Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was one of the twentieth century’s most original […]

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Sun Apr 02, 2023
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Soloists and choral singing lift Master Chorale’s Verdi “Requiem”

Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem is one of the great liturgical music dramas. […]

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Fri Mar 31, 2023
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Denève to hit the ground running in first season leading New World

The New World Symphony’s 2023-2024 season marks Stephane Denève’s first as […]

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Thu Mar 30, 2023
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Hough’s fiery technique and probing musicianship at their best in wide-ranging FOCM program

Sir Stephen Hough is a pianistic powerhouse. On Tuesday night, he […]

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Wed Mar 29, 2023
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A mixed bag of old and new music in New World’s closing chamber program

The New World Symphony’s final chamber music concert of the season […]

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Mon Mar 27, 2023
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Guinand mixes Bach masterwork and varied Latin music with Seraphic Fire

Venezuelan choral director Maria Guinand brought a fascinating menu of Latin […]

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Thu Mar 23, 2023
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New World Symphony presents a rare program of Wagner’s “Ring” music

Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung is a monumental achievement. Over […]

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Mon Mar 20, 2023
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FGO serves up a riveting and combustible “Tosca”

Puccini’s Tosca is an operatic evergreen. The adaptation of Victorien Sardou’s […]

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Sun Mar 19, 2023
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Korepanova continues Rachmaninoff series with early pieces and a mature masterwork

Friends of Chamber Music’s “Rachmaninoff at 150” series (presented in association […]

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Wed Mar 15, 2023
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FGO cuts season down to just three operas in 2023-24

Florida Grand Opera will present just three productions during the 2023-2024 […]

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Tue Mar 14, 2023
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Robertson returns to New World Symphony with stylish Beethoven

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major may be the most […]

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Sun Mar 12, 2023
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Namoradze brings technique, varied touch to individual Miami Piano Fest program

Transcriptions and variations on music of Rachmaninoff dominated Nicolas Namoradze’s recital […]

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Mon Mar 06, 2023
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West-Eastern Divan Ensemble showcases intimate rarities at Arsht

In 1999 conductor Daniel Barenboim and the late Palestinian-Egyptian literary scholar […]

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Sun Mar 05, 2023
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Hermitage Piano Trio brings idiomatic fervor to Russian music

The Hermitage Piano Trio made an auspicious debut last season for […]

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Wed Feb 22, 2023
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Quigley, Seraphic Fire at their finest with Bach to open Enlightenment Festival

The music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been central to the […]

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Fri Feb 17, 2023
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New York Philharmonic Quartet serves up a season highlight for FOCM

A new stage at the Coral Gables Congregational United Church of […]

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Tue Feb 14, 2023
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New World festival serves up delightful, cross-Atlantic mix of neglected piano music

Cross-Atlantic connections between African-American and British composers encompassed the program for […]

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Thu Feb 09, 2023
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New World’s “Harlem Renaissance” festival opens in light and lively fashion

A year ago the New World Symphony’s first “Harlem Renaissance” festival […]

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Mon Feb 06, 2023
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Orchestra Miami successfully delivers a religious epic with “Road of Promise”

In 1937, Kurt Weill created his first American work The Eternal […]

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Sun Feb 05, 2023
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Violinist Batiashvili and new work lift populist Cleveland Orchestra program

The concluding program of this season’s Cleveland Orchestra Miami residency veered […]

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Sat Jan 28, 2023
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