Friday, January 6, 2012
The extraordinary intensity the ensemble achieved at soft dynamic levels and their very natural sense of the movement's pacing were both quite impressive.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:28AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 5, 2012
Now that the new year is here, midseason breaks are winding down, which makes it the perfect time to reflect on the television programs that premiered in the fall "- and will soon be back on…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:29PM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Paul Goodman was a professed anarchist " not the bomb-throwing kind, who believe destruction is foreplay to solution, but the anti-violent kind, deriving from the nineteenth century Russian …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:51PM[SHARE]An underground academic critic explores the fascinating intersections between the Kardashian sisters' novel "Dollhouse" and Ibsen's play "A Doll House." The more things change ...
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:54PM[SHARE]A Dangerous Method" fits neatly into director David Cronenberg's body of work, which is often obsessed with a body-mind connection
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:50AM[SHARE]Monday, January 2, 2012
Boston Baroque closed out 2011 and began 2012 with an engaging program of pieces by Corelli, Handel, Bach, and Vivaldi that featured some rather unfamiliar instruments and repertoire. Martin…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:17PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 29, 2011
Director Steve McQueen's skillful exploration of troubled human behavior and his use of New York as a psychological landscape make "Shame" off-putting to watch, while at the same time it dra…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:39AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Legendary soul and gospel diva Mavis Staples will 'take you there', into the New Year, at Symphony Hall (@ 9 p.m.) this Saturday, December 31th, marking the performer's First Night debut in …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:16AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The Chatham Chorale, judging from the Chamber Singers, has the potential to perform with excellence. But it must be demanded of them, which takes informed and determined direction.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:03AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 20, 2011
"I considered it desirable that he should know nothing about me but it was even better if he knew several things which were quite wrong." ("The Third Policeman" by Flann O'Brien)
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:39PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Mahmoud Darwish, who died in 2008 at the age of sixty-seven, was best and heroically known for his complex perspective on political and spiritual borders " as both a poet and a spokesman for…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:20PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 13, 2011
As nicely played as the Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky were, I left feeling that there was something distinctly anticlimactic about the Aviv Quartet's programming choices. I would much rather h…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:47PM[SHARE]The play does not address Hannah Arendt's rationalizations or the reasons for her dedication to Martin Heidegger, though the dramatist's title hints that it is the banal truth of the irratio…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:31PM[SHARE]What the few of us in Jordan Hall heard that night was a richly conceived and beautifully performed song cycle, mostly serious, but with some great wit in exactly the right places. It made f…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:49AM[SHARE]Monday, December 12, 2011
The superb Harvard University Choir, which is arguably one of the best ensembles of its kind in the country, was in fine form throughout the evening.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:22PM[SHARE]Sunday, December 11, 2011
In "Three Pianos," three young actor-musicians unite in their irreverent passion for the music of Franz Schubert.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:48PM[SHARE]Saturday, December 10, 2011
"High"'s set-up is simple enough -- three characters with billboard-sized guilt complexes collide.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:58AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 8, 2011
Playwright John Hodge chooses to ignore the complexity of the dissident writer's experience " expedience for the sake of protecting something of value from destruction, a writer fighting his…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:09PM[SHARE]Losing It" explores growing old through an assemblage of tales and lessons drawn from works of the past"the Icelandic Sagas, the classics, the Bible, the Torah"to which the author adds a ple…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:43AM[SHARE]All in all, this Boston Camerata concert featured fine musicianship, expertise in voice and every instrument, scholarly renditions of the scores and texts, and joyful music making.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:28AM[SHARE]Monday, December 5, 2011
Wondering about what to give the arts and culture lover on your gift list? No problem -- the sage writers for The Arts Fuse (with an assist from our readers) come to the rescue with thoughtf…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:21AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 4, 2011
Boston Conservatory's New Music Festival is inspiring a series of critical and speculative commentaries from Fuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman. Here is the second, which focuses on The Fringe and…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:51PM[SHARE]A guide to help listeners appreciate Chorus pro Musica's upcoming performance of Resphighi's "Lauda per la Natività del Signore," which makes exquisite musical drama of a medieval hymn of…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:23PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 1, 2011
We need the humanities because we need imagination that works outside the narrow channels where the sciences succeed.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:31AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 29, 2011
While I'm not necessarily sold on this particular interpretation of Mahler Symphony no. 1, it was a thoughtful reading led with conviction; conductor Ludovic Morlot drew a committed performa…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:17PM[SHARE]"Galileo's Muse" is a gem of a book: shedding new light on a figure as well-examined figure as Galileo is no simple task. Author Mark Peterson does so with aplomb, while also telling a fasci…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:55AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 27, 2011
In his dozen or so works of international best-selling fiction, Haruki Murakami has created an alternate-reality Japan that is at once magical and familiar, dangerous and comfortable, foreig…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:34AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Part of the great experiment that is Artisan's Asylum: meeting your neighbors, realizing you need someone to help you solder/weld/create a 3d prototype, and then wandering amongst the open w…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:31AM[SHARE]Monday, November 21, 2011
It was clear from the moment Ludovic Morlot mounted the podium that he and the Boston Symphony Orchestra possess a strong chemistry: the players clearly respect him and they responded to his…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:22PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 20, 2011
Morikeba Kouyate's vocals were amazing in their articulation and expression.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:30AM[SHARE]The Worcester Chamber Music Society's combination of repertoire demonstrated how creative programming can lead to highly satisfying musical results: each piece had something to say to or abo…
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