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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Fuse Concert Review: Worcester Chamber Music Society's "Beginnings and Endings" by Jonathan Blumhofer

The first concert of the Worcester Chamber Music Society augured a promising start for the ensemble's seventh season.

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Coming Attractions: 2012-13 Boston Orchestral Music Season Preview by Jonathan Blumhofer

On the whole, then, there's quite a bit to look forward to in orchestral performances this coming season.

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Fuse CD Review: Schumann, Wagner, and Strauss (Soloists, Bayrisches Staatsorchester/Kent Nagano) by Jonathan Blumhofer

There are plenty of classic recordings of the "Siegfried-Idyll" and "Metamorphosen" already, but here's one more " and it also includes a rollicking Schumann with which you can't go wrong.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Arts Fuse Commentary: The Perilous Life of the Handel & Haydn Society? by Jonathan Blumhofer

The greatest obstacle H&H faces in building new audiences, though, is far more insidious than too many period ensembles in town: it has to do with time.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

CD Review: Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration (Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Tanglewood fellows, soloists, etc.), by Jonathan Blumhofer

One can't really go wrong with any of the individual concerts, but below are a few highlights released between August 1st and September 2nd. All are available for purchase on the Boston Symp…

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Sunday, September 2, 2012

Classical Music Sampler: September 2012 by Jonathan Blumhofer

The classical music season promises to start out strong, with performances from A Far Cry, Itzhak Perlman, and the Claremont Trio.

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Fuse Concert Review: Gil Shaham and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos by Jonathan Blumhofer

It's rather melancholy to think that this incarnation of the TMCO will never perform again as an ensemble. Such is the nature, though, of Tanglewood and many summer music festivals.

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

CD Review: Tanglewood 75th Anniversary Celebration, Live and Uncensored, Part One by Jonathan Blumhofer

Here is Tanglewood live and uncensored, as it were, with music often thrillingly brought to life by some of the hallowed legends of the BSO's storied past: Koussevitzky, Monteux, Munch, Lein…

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Classical Music Sampler: August 2012 by Jonathan Blumhofer

August is a rich month for festival finales around New England.

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Monday, July 16, 2012

Fuse Concert Review: Tangelwood's 75th Birthday Shindig " Boston Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Guests by Jonathan Blumhofer

After several years of frustrating cancellations and artistic challenges, Tanglewood and the Boston Symphony Orchestra seemed to be saying that there's still much to celebrate. And they were…

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Fuse Commentary: Just How Perilous Is the Life of The Boston Symphony Orchestra? by Jonathan Blumhofer

The overall prognosis for the Boston Symphony Orchestra is good. While there remains room for growth and improvement both artistically and financially, the Orchestra has the advantage of a s…

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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Classical Music Sampler: July 2012 by Jonathan Blumhofer

The Boston Symphony Orchestra's (BSO) residency at Tanglewood begins with an all-Beethoven concert on July 6th and runs through August 26th (when it concludes with a John Harbison premiere a…

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Fuse Classical CD Review: Shostakovich, Prologue to "Orango" and Symphony no. 4/Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra by Jonathan Blumhofer

Orango is one of the tantalizing "what might have been's" of musical history: a biting social commentary on Soviet society on the fifteenth anniversary of the October Revolution, written whe…

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Monday, May 28, 2012

Classical Music Sampler: June 2012 by Jonathan Blumhofer

Far from being a down month, June marks the start of New England's summer classical music season.

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Monday, May 21, 2012

Fuse Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose at Jordan Hall by Jonathan Blumhofer

Ultimately, there's a "look at my technique" quality to composer Lewis Spratlan's writing in this piece that doesn't match the musical content and that seems to be striving to be all things …

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Concert Review: Stephen Hammer and Michelle Graveline at the Worcester Art Museum by Jonathan Blumhofer

Mr. Hammer played Bach's Sonata in G minor energetically and sensitively, drawing out composer's long melodic phrases with appealing grace. Ms. Graveline made a strong accompanist, clearly a…

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