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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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Opera Boston’s Tancredi

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Opera Boston’s Tancredi (final show the 27th) is exactly what Boston opera should be. Not a lavish star-studded production that’s recorded to be sold on DVD, or broadcast live to movie theaters; but an intimate relatively inexpensive production that showcases local talent and brings to the stage works that have fallen from favor. $30 or [...]

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BMOP and Florestan Sing Barber

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On Sunday Boston’s, if not America’s, premiere new music orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, in conjunction with the Florestan Recital Project, concluded their weekend long festival ‘Voice of America.’ Double billed concerts on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday paired Florestan performances of Samuel Barber songs (entitled ‘Barberfest’) with BMOP concerts of American vocal music. Tufts’ [...]