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Review: The Christiania Quartet brings “fiddling music” to Madison Chamber Fest

Mark GreshamMay 22, 2018

On Saturday afternoon, the Christiania Quartet performed music by Mozart, Korngold, Bériot, Halvorsen and Schumann at the Steffen Thomas Museum of Art in Buckhe...

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Georgian Chamber Players close season with delightful four hands on piano

Mark GreshamMay 8, 2018

On Sunday's warm and brilliantly sunny afternoon, the Georgian Chamber Players performed its final program of the season, a concert of music by Brahms, Menotti ...

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Review: Emory Chamber gathers Atlanta’s Juilliard School alumni for a celebration

Mark GreshamFebruary 13, 2018

On Sunday evening at Emerson Hall in the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, the Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta presented a musical potpourri by a coll...

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Review: Conductor Stephen Mulligan deftly leads Atlanta Symphony on Beethoven’s First

Mark GreshamFebruary 2, 2018

On Thursday evening at Symphony Hall, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performed an all-Beethoven concert, led by ASO assistant conductor Stephen Mulligan and fea...

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News: Robert Spano to step down from the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in 2021

Mark GreshamJanuary 23, 2018

Robert Spano, a fixture as the music director and conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, announced today that he plans to step down at the end of the orch...

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Review: Georgian Chamber Players nimbly open season with Borodin and Stravinsky

Mark GreshamNovember 14, 2017

The Georgian Chamber Players performed a concert of music by Alexander Borodin and Igor Stravinsky on Sunday's chilly, humid afternoon at Kellett Chapel, on the...

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Review: Georgian Chamber Players richly perform Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Schumann

Mark GreshamMay 2, 2017

On this past Sunday's pleasant afternoon, the Georgian Chamber Players presented a concert of music by Mozart, Saint-Saëns and Schumann in the sanctuary of Trin...

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Review: ASO’s Christopher Rex is focus of “Concerto” film on family dysfunction

Mark GreshamMay 19, 2016

Cristina Cassidy loves crafting a story. The Charlotte-based filmmaker's most recently completed creation is Concerto, a feature-length documentary about the li...

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Review: Madison Chamber Music Festival’s 13th year resonates with a distinctly Atlanta flavor

Mark GreshamJune 9, 2015

ASO concermaster David Coucheron was featured at the Madison Chamber Music Festival. (Photo by Richard Armistead) This past Sunday afternoon, the 13th annual ...

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Review: Georgian Chamber Players use four strong hands for show-stopping “La Valse”

Mark GreshamMarch 17, 2015

Julie Coucheron (left) and Elizabeth Pridgen shared a piano. (Photos by Mark Gresham) On Sunday afternoon, the Georgian Chamber Players performed a concert of...

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