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Whimsical notes from ‘Three Pianos’

Lost in the winter of Schubert’s soul

By Don Aucoin

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 10, 2011

CAMBRIDGE - While “Three Pianos’’ is animated by a love for one particular composer -- Franz Schubert - there is a broader notion lurking at its heart: that music, all music, has a singular power to speak not just to us but for us. That might make ”Three Pianos’’ sound like a solemn affair, which it’s not. In the beguiling production that is now at American Repertory Theater under the direction of Rachel Chavkin, a spirit of whimsy prevails for much of the evening, with plenty of wisecracks and slapstick scenes.

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