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Four hands, 32 strings: Seattle Chamber Music Society’s opener

James Ehnes leads Mendelssohn’s Octet © Jena Poppe

An evening of piano four-hands and Mendelssohn’s Octet launch Seattle Chamber Music Society’s summer festival, with distinct personalities repeatedly braiding into something larger.

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A ChamberFest Cleveland premiere offers a powerful lament

Dominic Armstrong sings “Oh, my son...” © Gary Adams
Contemporary programming at this year's festival brings a sensitive social issue close to home, culminating in Judith Markovich's “Oh, my son…” 
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Brandenburg brilliance at the Montreal Chamber Music Festival

James Ehnes and friends © Luc Lauzière
With the audience sitting on stage with the performers and in the choir loft, this feels like the kind of communal experience that Bach would have recognized.
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"Fantastic Tales" come to life at Chamberfest Cleveland

Adam Golka, Annie Jacobs-Perkins, Nelson Ricardo Yovera Perez, Oliver Herbert and Roman Rabinovich © Courtesy of Chamberfest Cleveland
Smart sophistication and creepy entertainment go hand-in-hand in an excursion to odd corners of the chamber repertoire.
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