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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 05 > master-chorales-environmental-message-comes-through-powerfully-if-not-always-clearly-in-master-chorale-season-finale

Master Chorale's environmental message comes through powerfully, if not always clearly, in season finale

4+ hour, 38+ min ago  (548+ words) Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered was performed by the Master Chorale of South Florida Saturday night in Fort Lauderdale. Nature has inspired some of the most celebrated and evocative works in the classical canon'the storm of Beethoven's Sixth…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 05 > new-world-symphony-wraps-season-with-american-music-mtt-tribute

New World Symphony wraps season with American music, MTT tribute

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (382+ words) Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet was the soloist in music of Bernstein and Gershwin with the New World Symphony Saturday night. The legacy of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and philanthropist Lin Arison was the focus of the New World Symphony's final program…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 04 > riveting-shostakovich-overshadows-lightweight-concerto-in-frost-symphonys-arsht-debut

Riveting Shostakovich overshadows lightweight concerto in Frost Symphony's Arsht debut

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (579+ words) Latin Grammy winner Jorge Mejia was the audience draw for a rare downtown excursion to the Arsht Center by the University of Miami's Frost Symphony Orchestra on Sunday night. The evening's real excitement, however, was a riveting account" of Shostakovich's…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 04 > trpceski-adds-excitement-eccentricity-to-palm-beach-symphonys-russian-program

Trp'eski brings excitement, eccentricity to Palm Beach Symphony's Russian program

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (598+ words) South Florida Classical Review Trp'eski brings excitement, eccentricity to Palm Beach Symphony's Russian program When Sergei Prokofiev wrote his Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, he was around thirty years old and living in the West, attempting to shed his…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 04 > new-world-symphony-miami-city-ballet-team-up-for-new-work-with-five-music-premieres

New World Symphony & Miami City Ballet team up for new work with five music premieres

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (583+ words) There is something magical about being in conversation with a living composer," says Claudia Schreier. Schreier is one of five choreographers who have created new works for American Dance Odyssey," a joint presentation of the New World Symphony and Miami…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 04 > quigley-closes-seraphic-fire-tenure-with-otherworldly-sound-expressive-delicacy

Quigley closes Seraphic Fire tenure with otherworldly sound, expressive delicacy

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (458+ words) Patrick Quigley conducted Seraphic Fire Thursday night at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church in Boca Raton. Patrick Dupre Quigley, who built Seraphic Fire from a local church series choir to an internationally recognized ensemble, embarked Thursday on his last series of…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 04 > new-world-symphony-announces-2026-27-season

New World Symphony announces 2026-27 season

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (408+ words) St'phane Den've will open the New World Symphony's 2026-27 season with a Latin program October 3. Two major choral works, a digital production of a significant 20th-century opera, a work for saxophone in tribute to jazz legend John Coltrane and a new…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 04 > quigley-to-close-his-24-year-tenure-with-seraphic-fire-this-weekend

Quigley to wrap his 24-year tenure leading Seraphic Fire this weekend

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (789+ words) By Lawrence A. Johnson Seraphic Fire is closing its current season with an intriguing "surround-sound" program of music inspired by the unique acoustic properties of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice. That program, which opens Thursday night in Boca Raton,…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 04 > seraphic-fire-announces-2026-27-season

Seraphic Fire announces 2026-27 season

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (323+ words) James K. Bass leads his first season as artistic director of Seraphic Fire in 2026-27. The 2026-2027 season will mark James K. Bass" first as artistic director of Seraphic Fire. Long a member and assistant conductor of the chamber choir, Bass will lead six…...

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southfloridaclassicalreview. com > 2026 > 03 > frost-symphony-serves-up-a-sonic-spectacular-with-rare-strauss-suite

Frost Symphony serves up a sonic spectacular with rare Strauss suite

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (365+ words) Late in life, Richard Strauss revisited some of his earlier works, creating orchestral suites from his theatrical creations. His 1947 Symphonic Fantasy from Die Frau ohne Schatten culminated Saturday night's concert by the Frost Symphony Orchestra under Gerard Schwarz. The beauty…...