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KenCen/NSO season announcement 2011-12
The Kennedy Center and the NSO announce a 2011-12 season that focuses on meat and potatoes repertory from Central Europe.
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Anne Midgette
| March 8, 2011; 1:55 PM ET |
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Links: The Kissin review and other matters
Links to reviews: Evgeny Kissin and Andre Watts play Liszt (separately and not equally); Cantate presents a new oratorio; the Leipzig Quartet continues the NGA's Beethoven cycle, and Bridget Kibbey plays the harp.
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various critics
| March 8, 2011; 8:03 AM ET |
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Links: Lou Harrison, Brooklyn Rider
Links to reviews of the Post-Classical Ensemble's Lou Harrison event and a performance by the alt-classical quartet Brooklyn Rider.
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Anne Midgette, Evan Tucker
| March 7, 2011; 10:40 AM ET |
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Crossover: NSO goes to India
A link to my review of the NSO's "crossover" concert, part of the Kennedy Center's festival Maximum India. So what do you think about orchestral crossover projects?
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Anne Midgette
| March 4, 2011; 10:04 AM ET |
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Link: pianist Latchoumia at NGA
A link to Cecelia Porter's review of Wilhem Latchoumia.
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Cecelia Porter
| March 4, 2011; 9:31 AM ET |
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Links: second "Butterfly" cast
A link to my review of the second cast of WNO's "Madama Butterfly," with Ana Maria Martinez.
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Anne Midgette
| March 3, 2011; 8:57 AM ET |
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