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Spoleto at Home
Pictured: The St. Lawrence String Quartet plays Haydn’s “Emperor” quartet during the Bank of America Chamber Music series. Photo by William Struhs. By Frank Dominguez I didn’t travel to Europe for the...
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Summer Festivals Play On(line)
By Frank Dominguez As the pandemic drags on in the Carolinas, the arts continue to feel the repercussions. Particularly hard hit are the regional summer music festivals that have been a haven of...
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Carolina Summer Festivals: Live and In-Person
Updated July 15, 2021. Though virtual offerings have been a sustaining force for music lovers over the past year, there’s something about enjoying a symphony in the fresh mountain air that screens...
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In Spoleto Festival Chamber Music Series, Last Minute Changes Can Be Good News
By Lawrence Toppman Ever-restless Geoff Nuttall, wearing a brown suit and a sheepish grin, paced the Dock Street Theatre stage before concert No. 4. “I like getting emails from you,” the host of the...
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“Omar” Triumphs, “Unholy Wars” Struggles
Pictured: Cheryse McLeod Lewis in “Omar” photo by Leigh Webber/courtesy Spoleto Festival USA. By Lawrence Toppman “A folk musician and a movie composer.” I heard that fragment of speech, which sounded...
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Bach Akademie Charlotte Springs into Christmas
By Lawrence Toppman Before the pandemic, Bach Akademie Charlotte (BAC) anchored its first two seasons with Johann Sebastian Bach’s profoundest utterances, the B Minor Mass and the St. Matthew Passion....
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Bach Akademie Charlotte Closes with Old-School, New-School Bachs
By Lawrence Toppman One can drown happily in words at the main Bach Akademie Charlotte concerts: Helpful words from artistic director/host Scott Allen Jarrett, erudite words in Brett Kostrzewski’s...
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Celebrate the Sounds of Summer with Outstanding Carolina Festivals
by Hayden Neumann There’s something about enjoying a symphony in the fresh mountain air that simply can’t be replicated. Luckily, the Carolinas are home to a wealth of beloved summer music festivals,...
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7 Can’t-Miss Sights and Activities at the Charlotte SHOUT! Festival
Guest Article: Charlotte SHOUT!by Rick Thurmond On now through April 14 in Uptown Charlotte, Charlotte SHOUT! is the region’s largest arts festival. There’s so much to see and do that it’s hard to...
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Bach Akademie of Charlotte Tours the World for the First Time
Halfway through the current Bach Akademie Charlotte festival, after attending four of the first five performances, I know what I like best about the event: Less J.S. Bach. The towering composer of the...
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