This handsome edition of Yves Bonnefoy’s recent poetry and prose in English translation is a stunning presentation of a major poet.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:26AMTwenty-one years after she received a Golden Globe for "Europa Europa," director Agnieszka Holland returns with another uncompromising vision of perseverance and the power of human connectio…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:00AMAn unusual and powerful historical drama that looks at the troubled relationship between Jews and freed slaves at the end of The Civil War.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:14PMMs. Son’s performance of Debussy's Preludes nos. 3 – 8, while mostly note-perfect, was marked by a tentativeness that kept any of them from really blossoming.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:47PMWhile sound is certainly important, and language in the proper hands has its own music, syllabic harmonies need not be trumpeted as though they were the foundation of good prose.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:44PMThere is much to commend all participants. The work itself is challenging and asks nothing more than a fully committed heart. This quality was present in abundance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:42PMJonathan I. Israel has written a monumental three-volume history of the Enlightenment, approximately 2500 pages long, not including three lengthy bibliographies. His erudition is fabulous; h…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:50AMWhat’s coming up now in this small gap between the Awards shows and the Film Festival Season? Lots! This month is a cornucopia of adventurous off-the-radar films. March features several gr…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:43AMSteve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s current recording, T…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:09PMBoth productions play around with chronology in order to show the dark side of history, to unmask convenient illusions of social or personal well-being by juxtaposing the myopia of the past …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:54PMFuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s cur…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10PMFuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s cur…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10PMFuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s cur…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:09PMFuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s cur…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:09PMFuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s cur…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:09PMFuse Jazz Critic Steve Elman is currently surveying works that illuminate the tradition of the jazz-influenced piano concerto. His series began with an examination of Chick Corea’s cur…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:08PMWe’re in this virtual reality age now, asking new questions about what art is. What has true meaning and what doesn’t?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:54PMThe Boston Philharmonic Orchestra handled Lutosławski’s aleatoric textures with confidence, though the all-important brass interruptions felt more hesitant than decisive, making the work�…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:32AM"So There!" comes off as a poetic species of chick lit, its female characters desperate to break deadly dull routines, longing for more (not even sure what) but generally expecting the doorw…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:03PMThis invaluable addition to the Austen literature offers two for the price of one: a beautifully designed and printed edition of the novel many consider her best and a parallel critical comm…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:22AMJohn Oliver, director of the Tanglewood Festival Orchestra, deserves the thanks of all involved for his willingness to take on this unenviable assignment, as well as credit for ensuring that…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:14AMWhen young photographers went up to the famous war photographer, Robert Capa, and asked him what they could do to make their pictures more gripping, he said: "Go closer!"
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:51PMA meditation on the art of Mark Rothko, ranging from memories of a mystical encounter with his art to thoughts on the recent SpeakEasy Stage production of "Red," which is based on life of th…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:52AMFour strong contenders: production values are high, the actors excellent, and four are beautifully grounded in their settings –- Norway, Calcutta, and two in Ireland.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:22AMIn light of the many translations of Cyprian Norwid's verse into English, Danuta Borchardt thought carefully about what she was going to focus on.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:47PMThe recording was made in December 2010 in San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall, and reveals an orchestra fully at home in John Adams’ distinctive idiom.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:22AMPerhaps most remarkably, BSO conductor Stéphane Denève managed to create an atmosphere in which the Symphony Hall audience, which at this time of year sometimes sounds like it’s made up …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:40AMA staged reading of an illuminating play by Motti Lerner about the devastating impact of war on men and women in Israeli society.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMTo judge from the all-around energetic playing of the BSO, it seems conductor Jaap van Zweden has struck a good rapport with the players and I, for one, look forward to hearing more from him…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:22AMAll the works were done with balance, appropriate embellishments in the vocal solo and instrumental parts, and with the energy necessary to bring this music into the twenty-first century.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:52PMAlthough I was disappointed in this Manhattan Theatre Club production, I am, however, very glad to have seen "Wit" -- it is a contemporary classic.
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