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Month: December 2022

‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY

‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY

When spirits sag lowest in the darkest of December, we always compensate by getting a shot in the arm via the Chanticleer holiday program. I’d say it’s virtually guaranteed; even when a couple of the dozen singers get respiratory ailments, as this month, the show goes on full-force, with Music Director Tim Keeler stepping in as designated hitter to provide yet another countertenor voice. Chanticleer provides amazing performance in an unusually broad Nativity-oriented repertory hard to find these days, some…

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A NINTH GEARED TO OUR UNCERTAIN TIMES

A NINTH GEARED TO OUR UNCERTAIN TIMES

The Beethoven 9th at center stage this week was over the top. Conductor Xian Zhang was making the grand gesture again and again while pacing this glorious work, bringing it home in a brisk 63 minutes. Her letter-perfect crescendo building up in the opening movement was enough to make every one sit up and take notice right away. It was the right work at the right time in our lives—-a cry of hope during a cruel war raging in the…

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