Cristofori Reified

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Christopher Greenleaf, a veteran recording engineer and concert-series curator, commissioned a copy of a very early piano and induced Artem Belogurov to play it in the Bach Birthday Bash at First Lutheran Church in Boston.   [continued]

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Fleet Feet Feat in Groton

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Groton Hill Music Center’s astonishing facility includes an astonishing organ which titulaire organist Randy Steere introduced in  Samuel Barber’s Toccata Festiva and Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony.  Vista Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Bruce Hangen also led William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 5.   [continued]

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Bluebeard’s Castle Opens Different Doors

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The Boston Lyric Opera’s reduced production of  Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle Ryan McKinny in the title role and Naomi Louisa O’Connell as Judith made for an indispensable Bluebeard on Wednesday night, but the wait for the real thing goes on. The sold-out run continues tonight, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon.   [continued]

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Chineke!

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Chineke! Orcherstra won cheers from a crowd that included a handsome titer of racial and ethnic diversity three-quarters filling Jordan Hall for the Celebrity Series.   [continued]

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A Night To Remember: Titanics Complete Voyages

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Benjamin Zander celebrated his 84th birthday in the company of 2,000 Symphony Hall votaries last night, mounting a pair of warhorses with the visceral energy inherent in the mutual admiration and stimulation raging among the hormonally charged players in the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and their particularly inspired and inspiring leader.   [continued]

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Envisioning New Music Mosaic

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New Music Mosaic put across eight new pieces with true dramatic and artistic commitment, boldly leaning into the multicolored moods with full intention in virtuosic performances ranging from serious to comedic at the Out of the Blue Community Arts Gallery in Somerville on the final Sunday in Februrary.   [continued]

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