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From Spoleto: Kepler opera — great music with a murky narrative — A Review

by jday Posted on May 27, 2012

  For those who are fans of Phillip Glass, his newest opera Kepler provides two-hours packed with quite recognizable Glass music: swirling arpeggios, cyclically-repeated motifs, tuned percussion, passages deep in the bass, unexpected contrasts bursting though like an exploding star … Continue reading →

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From Spoleto: First chamber concert fun and moving — A Review

by jday Posted on May 26, 2012

The Haydn string quartets “are the greatest music ever composed,” announced Geoff Nuttall at the start of the first of the Spoleto Chamber series concert. And the string quartet the St. Lawrence String Quartet of which Nuttall is first violinist … Continue reading →

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