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After a wild start, Discovery Ensemble settles in

By Matthew Guerrieri

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 16, 2012

It turns out that the Discovery Ensemble and conductor Courtney Lewis can go too far after all. The group has made a dynamic approach one of its calling cards, players and conductor demonstratively immersing themselves into everything they play — usually without crossing the line between intense and overbearing. But their Friday concert, to borrow an analogy from another arena of athletes in performance, started off with more wild throwing than controlled pitching.

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