The Classical Beat: May 2, 2010 - May 8, 2010
Preview of coming attractions: Antony Walker
An advance look at a profile of the conductor Antony Walker, running in Monday's Washington Post.
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Anne Midgette
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May 8, 2010; 7:00 AM ET |
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Link: NSO and Sondheim
A link to Nelson Pressley's review of the NSO's Sondheim tribute.
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Anne Midgette
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May 8, 2010; 6:15 AM ET |
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In performance: WNO's young artists in "Nozze"
Joe Banno reviews WNO's young artists in their own mainstage performance of "Nozze di Figaro."
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Anne Midgette
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May 8, 2010; 6:00 AM ET |
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In performance: Crash Ensemble
Robert Battey reviews the Crash Ensemble, a contemporary music group from Ireland.
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Anne Midgette
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May 8, 2010; 5:23 AM ET |
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Little things mean a lot
Google is aware of Tchaikovsky's birthday. Somehow that was unexpected.
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Anne Midgette
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May 7, 2010; 7:21 AM ET |
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Extra: And the winner is…
Extra: the winners of #operaplot, announced.
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Anne Midgette
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May 7, 2010; 7:15 AM ET |
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In performance: Anthony Dean Griffey
Joe Banno reviews Anthony Dean Griffey at the Vocal Arts Society.
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Anne Midgette
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May 7, 2010; 6:04 AM ET |
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A Bailey double
A link to Charles T. Downey's review of Zuill Bailey's Kennedy Center performance in today's Washington Post, and Mark J. Estren's exclusive Web-only review of Bailey's recent CD of the Bach solo suites.
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Anne Midgette
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May 6, 2010; 6:00 AM ET |
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Maazel takes show on the road
Lorin Maazel is taking the Castleton Festival Opera to Cal Performances at Berkeley next year: rapid growth for a two-year-old festival.
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Anne Midgette
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May 5, 2010; 1:08 PM ET |
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RIP Giulietta Simionato
RIP, Giulietta Simionato.
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Anne Midgette
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May 5, 2010; 11:36 AM ET |
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Moby-Dick premieres in Dallas
Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer create an anomaly with their new "Moby-Dick": a new opera that actually works.
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Anne Midgette
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May 3, 2010; 12:00 PM ET |
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In performance: Nobuyuki Tsujii
Robert Battey reviews the sold-out Washington debut of Cliburn winner Nobuyuki Tsujii, blind from birth.
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Anne Midgette
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May 3, 2010; 6:00 AM ET |
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In performance: JACK quartet
Tom Huizenga reviews the JACK Quartet at the Library of Congress.
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Anne Midgette
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May 3, 2010; 5:45 AM ET |
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In performance: Great Noise Ensemble
Joan Reinthaler reviews the Great Noise Ensemble in their season-ending concert of new work, including a world premiere by D. J. Sparr.
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Anne Midgette
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May 2, 2010; 11:00 PM ET |
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In performance: BSO in Leshnoff premiere
Joe Banno reviews the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop in a program that included a world premiere by Jonathan Leshnoff and Stravinsky's violin concerto with Gil Shaham.
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Anne Midgette
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May 2, 2010; 1:10 PM ET |
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In performance: Pro Musica Hebraica
Joan Reinthaler reviews the Biava Quartet in a program of Jewish French music from the early 20th century, presented by Pro Musica Hebraica.
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Anne Midgette
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May 2, 2010; 12:49 PM ET |
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