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Vocally Out There

Georgia Rowe - April 28, 2009

Volti’s motto is “Singing without a net,” and the San Francisco–based vocal ensemble, led by Music Director Robert Geary, does indeed stay on the fore

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Speaking to the famed mezzo-soprano “Flicka” — the endearing sobriquet for Frederica von Stade — I’m immediately infused with the warmth of her intrinsic humanity. She belies the usual caricature of the solipsistic prima donna: the only one for whom the entire world exists.

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Stephanie Blythe and Musicians From Lincoln Center

Jason Victor Serinus - April 21, 2009

Faster than a buckin’ bronco, the venerable Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe are hitching a ride

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All-Copland in Marin

Georgia Rowe - April 21, 2009

Orchestral concerts often include a single Aaron Copland work as a nod to American music, but this month’s Marin Symphony program gives the gre

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Frederick Rzewski

Michael Zwiebach - April 21, 2009

Frederic Rzewski is still playing his 1975 masterwork, The People United Will Never Be Defeated, 36 variations on a Chilean song associat

Eidolon String Quartet

Michael Zwiebach - April 21, 2009

New chamber groups spring up all the time, usually without fanfare. But the new Eidolon String Quartet deserves attention because its founder is Franklyn D’Antonio, concertmaster of the Berkeley Symphony, and former member of the Chicago Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.