Thomas Busse
Thomas Busse, www.tbusse.com, is a professional tenor.
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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra REVIEW
April 26, 2013
In its free concert of semistaged works, S.F. Chamber Orchestra provides a platform for younger singers to strut their stuff in works both old and fresh.
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March 23, 2013
In performing Bach, Buxtehude, and Telemann, newcomer Marin Baroque faces uphill battles of insufficient vocal musicianship.
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March 10, 2013
In a wildly entertaining, beautifully played program, the virtuosic early-music group Cançonièr brings to life one of the medieval period’s stranger social phenomena.
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January 28, 2013
At an S.F. Contemporary Music Players’ concert, Steve Reich’s music became the sum of its electronic amplifiers, rather than its parts. Is there a way to tame this problem?
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January 20, 2013
Walnut Creek’s California Symphony tries out a potential leader in Sean Newhouse, with two classics and a New Agey filler.
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December 1, 2012
The early-music quartet Musica Pacifica scored a seasonal concert hit with smart arrangements and excellent contributions from soprano Clara Rottsolk.
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November 17, 2012
Music from south of the border highlights the latest outing in BluePrint’s new-music series at the S.F. Conservatory.
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October 27, 2012
A good community choir singing masterworks of Renaissance polyphony gets a passing grade and an A+ for effort.
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October 21, 2012
First-rate playing marks a novel recital for violin, harpsichord, and the ungainly yet fascinating dulcian.
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September 14, 2012
Thematic programming can challenge even so distinguished a chorus as Chanticleer, as evident in its season opener. Some performance issues ensued.
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September 8, 2012
The New Esterházy String Quartet, with soprano Christine Brandes, was equally at home in the works of Haydn’s London period and in his less-showy, earlier pieces.
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June 2, 2012
Yet again, the vocal ensemble Chanticleer stylishly pulls rabbits out of a Mexican hat.
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March 30, 2012
The Baltimore Symphony continues producing artistically and socially valuable work, under Music Director Marin Alsop.
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March 10, 2012
A Dutch early-instrument orchestra and choir give a fine rendition of a Bach Mass, despite the hall’s acoustic limitations.
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March 4, 2012
A male vocal ensemble meshes with a young string quartet in compositions based on psalms, a biblical figure, and weather .
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March 3, 2012
First-rate singers contribute to a satisfying and welcoming evening of early music.
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February 24, 2012
A familiar Beethoven symphony works at cross-purposes with two rarities by European Jewish composers.
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February 18, 2012
The Musica Pacifica ensemble gets down, and delightful, with dance and folk tunes drawn from the British Isles.
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December 17, 2011
An assortment of early-music forces perform a festive Christmas Vespers from 1660.
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November 26, 2011
A multitalented string quartet continues to probe the depths of Haydn and now some of his contemporaries and students, as well.
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