James L. Paulk Archives

Preview: Planning a trip to Spoleto? Here are our top picks in music, jazz, theater and dance

Review: Spoleto, at the age of 40, is still cutting edge after all these years

ASO review: Violinist Gil Shaham, orchestra “swing” with Bach and Stravinsky

ASO review: Violinist Leonidas Kavakos handles double duty with a tone sweet and pure

ASO review: Spano lends a magical baton to Bach’s challenging “St. Matthew Passion”

ASO review: “Resurrected” Runnicles finds the sweetness in Mahler’s dark Symphony No. 2

ASO review: Rare Britten, warhorse Beethoven from Donald Runnicles, violinist James Ehnes

Review: Stephen Sondheim’s extraordinary “Into the Woods” opens Alliance season

James L. PaulkApril 13, 2017

Charleston’s Spoleto Festival, USA is the South’s great “arts extravaganza.” It’s just the biggest, broadest and boldest summer festival on the arts calendar, p...

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James L. PaulkJune 9, 2016

Charleston’s Spoleto Festival USA is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the grand reopening of the Gaillard Center, its major large venue, after a three-year...

Music

James L. PaulkApril 13, 2012

Violin star Gil Shaham was the featured soloist at Thursday’s Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert, performing Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto No. 2 in E Major...

Music

James L. PaulkMarch 23, 2012

Thursday’s Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert heralded the return of Leonidas Kavakos, a brilliant and intriguing young violinist who has developed a side car...

Music

James L. PaulkMarch 9, 2012

The “St. Matthew Passion,” written in the 1720s by Johannes Sebastian Bach, is one of the great touchstones of classical music, yet it is performed quite rare...

Music

James L. PaulkJanuary 28, 2012

Gustav Mahler made one of his rare appearances at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra on Thursday, when the orchestra performed his Symphony No. 2 in C min...

Music

James L. PaulkJanuary 20, 2012

Thursday's Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert featured Canadian violinist James Ehnes, appearing here for the second time. His chosen work, Benjamin B...

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James L. PaulkSeptember 7, 2011

Atlanta's Alliance Theatre opens its 43rd season with a new production of “Into the Woods,” Stephen Sondheim’s dark-tinged musical comedy built from the intertw...

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