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Stormtroopers Raid the BSO as BSO Goes to the Windup Space
Conductor Julien Benichou (photo by Robert McIver) Synchronicity enjoyed a sold-out, standing room only debut last week. The new partnership marks a new musical cooperation between the young Mobtown...
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The Most Influential Melodrama of the 20th Century–Performed by the LUNAR...
Conductor Gemma New (photo by Katya Chilingiri) Just down the street from the Peabody Institute, An die Musik recently hosted two smashing world premieres and the melancholic masterwork of 12-tone...
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Alexis Tantau Performs Reynaldo Hahn’s Art Songs at An die Musik’s Sunday...
Alexis Tantau On a balmy Baltimore night in May, the cream of local salon society crowded around Paul Cassedy’s table for another great night of what he calls “dinner and music.” It’s no mean feat for...
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Karen Gomyo and Conductor Kalmar’s Wow-Factor with the Baltimore Symphony...
Karen Gomyo (from karengomyo.com) Karen Gomyo and her “Ex Foulis” Stradivarius delivered a resplendent performance of Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall May 27. The Baltimore...
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A Tale of Two Commissions: Golijov, Mobtown Modern, and the BSO
Osvaldo Golijov No, Emaneul Ax didn’t debut a piece by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra June 3. The celebrated pianist occupied the second half of the BSO’s...
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The JACK Quartet Decodes Xenakis At Mobtown Modern Season Opener
By Stephen Poff The name doesn’t come from the phrase: “You don’t know Jack!” It’s an acronym from the first letter of each player’s name. But these knockout young performers may relish the...
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Lady Gaga Meets Christ: The Lyric Blows the Dust Off Faust
via the Lyric Provocative, profane, and occult is how critics described a version of Faust so daring that only one copy remains, safely hidden away in the Royal Denmark library. Lyric Opera Baltimore...
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