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Techno gone twisted: Lukas Ligeti’s “Afrikan Machinery” is eclectic and shifting to the extreme

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Erin Huelskamp reviews Lukas Ligeti’s (yes, they’re related) “Afrikan Machinery” and previews his concert @ the Axiom Gallery this Thursday.

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Audio Slideshow: Radius Ensemble

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Boston lowbrow brings you one of Boston’s best new music chamber ensembles.

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Strung Out: BMOP’s “Strings Attached”

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Boston lowbrow attends another great concert of one of Boston’s best musical assets.

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Opera Boston’s “Madame White Snake”

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Boston lowbrow attends the first local opera premiere in decades.

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A Far Cry: Boston’s Conductorless Chamber Ensemble

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Boston’s lucky to have an orchestra like A Far Cry and while a reviewer might be tempted to focus on their core “gimmicks”–that they are young, stand while performing, and perform without principle players or a conductor–that would really be gimmicky in itself, because nothing should distract attention from the Criers’ unequivocal musicianship. They bring [...]

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BMOP: Band in Boston

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The BMOP continued its season last Friday with their Band in Boston concert, celebrating 20th and 21st century music for wind ensemble with two repertoire mainstays by Stravinsky and Percy Grainger, as well as some newer compositions by Harold Meltzer, Wayne Peterson, and Joseph Schwantner. Robert Kirzinger’s excellent program notes make the case that band [...]

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BMOP Bangs Big

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I’m later to it than I’d like to be, but I wanted to offer some words on BMOP‘s Big Bang concert last Friday in addition to my earlier brief post of anticipatory excitement. The name of the concert is a clever pun. It not only refers to the percussion pieces that made up the program, [...]

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