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Aaron Keebaugh

@aaronkeebaugh.bsky.social

Musicologist and critic. Words on music for the Arts Fuse, Boston Musical Intelligencer, The Classical Review, Corymbus, and Early Music America.

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H+H’s Jonathan Cohen and the art of musical reenactment Jonathan Cohen conducts the Handel and Haydn Society in Handel's  Messiah.  Photo: Robert Torres Jonathan Cohen is a busy conductor. When ...

In August, I sat down with H+H conductor Jonathan Cohen to discuss his approach to Saul, early music performance, and the season ahead. thedisposablemusicologist.blogspot.com/2025/09/hhs-...

28.09.2025 19:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Concert Review: Horizon Ensemble Polishes a Neglected Gem by French Composer Germaine Tailleferre - The Arts Fuse Happily, the admirable Horizon Ensemble is championing Germaine Tailleferre’s mesmerizing piano concerto.

@aaronkeebaugh.bsky.social is over-the-moon that Horizon Ensemble is championing Germaine Tailleferre’s mesmerizing piano concerto.

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24.09.2025 11:43 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Aaron Keebaugh writes that the Boston Landmarks Orchestra offered a rousing valediction for a summer season drawing to a close.

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01.09.2025 22:07 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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@aaronkeebaugh.bsky.social says that the latest Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert, which included music by Val Jeanty and Beethoven, made its point: this was more than a revolt, but a revolution in sound.

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26.08.2025 11:52 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Concert Review: The Mercury Orchestra Goes Down Memory Lane - The Arts Fuse The Mercury Orchestra explored nostalgia, via performances of rare Finzi and familiar Respighi compositions.

In its latest concert, writes @aaronkeebaugh.bsky.social, the Mercury Orchestra explored nostalgia, via performances of rare Finzi and familiar Respighi compositions.

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11.08.2025 11:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Concert Review: John Williams' Piano Concerto Pays Homage to Jazz Legends - The Arts Fuse John Williams's concert music may be intended to enrich and edify, but there’s always room for a little fandom, particularly on occasions like this. At 93, and after a lifetime of firsts, the composer...

Aaron Keebaugh on the world premiere, at the Tanglewood Music Festival via the Boston Symphony Orchestra, of #johnwilliams’s piano concerto. The music may be intended to enrich and edify, but there’s always room for a little fandom, particularly on occasions like this.

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31.07.2025 11:59 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Concert Review: Amy Beach's Piano Concerto Revived on the Esplanade - The Arts Fuse Music by Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price, John Harbison, and John Williams: this Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert had a little something for everyone.

Aaron Keebaugh: Music by Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Florence Price, John Harbison, and John Williams -- this Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert had a little something for everyone.

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27.07.2025 12:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Opera Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project Sheds New Light on "Frederick Douglass" - The Arts Fuse Played and sung with verve in its New England premiere, "Frederick Douglass" stands as the most significant revival BMOP has undertaken in recent years.

Played and sung with verve in its New England premiere, writes @aaronkeebaugh.bsky.social, "Frederick Douglass" stands as the most significant revival Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) has undertaken in recent years.

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25.06.2025 21:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Concert Review: Boston Camerata's "Gallery of Kings" -- Uses and Abuses of Power, ca. 1300 - The Arts Fuse Through story, song, missives, and popular gibes at authority, the Boston Camerata program looked at kings remembered for their great deeds and those commemorated for their bumbling idiocy.

Aaron Keebaugh on The Boston Camerata's "Gallery of Kings": through story, song, missives, and popular gibes at authority, program looked at kings remembered for their great deeds and those commemorated for their bumbling idiocy.

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18.06.2025 12:47 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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