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Bach gets the big treatment
Despite being a cornerstone figure in Western music, J.S. Bach is often excluded from large-orchestra programs, maybe rightly: Instrumentation isn't standard, style requirements are specialized.
Despite being a cornerstone figure in Western music, J.S. Bach is often excluded from large-orchestra programs, maybe rightly: Instrumentation isn't standard, style requirements are specialized.
Film foods ready for their close-ups
Spanish wafers, scones and cold tea, weed soup: All deliver stellar performances in Oscar-nominated movies.
HM Elizabeth II kept trying to enjoy tea and scones at Buckingham Palace but insistent phone calls from the prime minister made her leave them in mid-bite in The Queen. Olive had to buck a three-generational barrage of opinions just to order waffles a la mode at a diner in Little Miss Sunshine. Saigo, a baker turned soldier, is forced to eat weed soup on the island of Iwo Jima because, he is told, provisions like the kasutera cakes and sandwiches he made before the war were being saved for the battle...
Spanish wafers, scones and cold tea, weed soup: All deliver stellar performances in Oscar-nominated movies.
HM Elizabeth II kept trying to enjoy tea and scones at Buckingham Palace but insistent phone calls from the prime minister made her leave them in mid-bite in The Queen. Olive had to buck a three-generational barrage of opinions just to order waffles a la mode at a diner in Little Miss Sunshine. Saigo, a baker turned soldier, is forced to eat weed soup on the island of Iwo Jima because, he is told, provisions like the kasutera cakes and sandwiches he made before the war were being saved for the battle...
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Bureaucrat spies on a life so much richer
Georg Dreyman, a movie-star-handsome playwright who moves with brightness and brio, has a life. Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a shadowy, inconspicuous officer of the East German secret police in 1984, has none to speak of, unless spying on Dreyman and his sensual actress lover counts.
Georg Dreyman, a movie-star-handsome playwright who moves with brightness and brio, has a life. Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a shadowy, inconspicuous officer of the East German secret police in 1984, has none to speak of, unless spying on Dreyman and his sensual actress lover counts.
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Get ready for red-carpet moments by reading reviews of the nominated movies, taking our Oscars quiz and catching up on news about the Academy Awards.
Beyonce, James Taylor to rock the Oscars
The Oscars are all about movies, of course, but on this night only music filled the golden guy's hallowed hall.
The Oscars are all about movies, of course, but on this night only music filled the golden guy's hallowed hall.
TELEVISION
Dave on Demand | Real loser on 'Idol' was Seacrest
Clown time is over. American Idol began in earnest this week. The season doesn't officially start until Randy Jackson describes a performance as "pitchy." For those of you keeping score at home, that honor was claimed by Brandon Rogers, the second singer out of the chute.
Clown time is over. American Idol began in earnest this week. The season doesn't officially start until Randy Jackson describes a performance as "pitchy." For those of you keeping score at home, that honor was claimed by Brandon Rogers, the second singer out of the chute.
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Concert Previews
B.B. King The King of the Blues was hospitalized last month for what was said to be the flu, and of course he has long battled diabetes. But at 81, B.B. King does not seem ready to give up his title. He is back out on the road, including visits to Atlantic City and Glenside in the coming days. He may have to perform sitting down, but King can still coax stingingly lyrical blues out of Lucille, his trademark Gibson guitar. Young acolyte Kenny Wayne Shepherd's new CD/DVD, Ten Days Out: Blues From the...
B.B. King The King of the Blues was hospitalized last month for what was said to be the flu, and of course he has long battled diabetes. But at 81, B.B. King does not seem ready to give up his title. He is back out on the road, including visits to Atlantic City and Glenside in the coming days. He may have to perform sitting down, but King can still coax stingingly lyrical blues out of Lucille, his trademark Gibson guitar. Young acolyte Kenny Wayne Shepherd's new CD/DVD, Ten Days Out: Blues From the...
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Theater Podcasts
You can listen to or download Inquirer theater podcasts by going tohttp://go.philly.com/ theater on the Web. Howard Shapiro speaks with:
You can listen to or download Inquirer theater podcasts by going tohttp://go.philly.com/ theater on the Web. Howard Shapiro speaks with:
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