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Article: Boston Baroque: elegant but uneven

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BOSTON BAROQUE

Martin Pearlman, music director

At: Jordan Hall, Saturday night

Boston Baroque's all-Bach program Saturday night was a generally pleasing affair that in certain moments rose to great heights. At other points, it fell beneath the standards that Boston Baroque has long set for itself and others.

The band had the spotlight at the beginning: The concert opened with the Fourth Orchestral Suite. This had lots of spirit and ceremony, a nice feeling for dance rhythms, some well-disciplined string playing and some pretty raunchy intonation.

Conducting requires achieving some kind of balance between tension and flow. Boston Baroque's founder and music director Martin Pearlman ...

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