Tuesday 11/15/11 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Dutch violinist Janine Jansen makes her CSO debut during the orchestra’s Dvořák Festival. Sir Mark Elder conducts. Dvořák: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 10 Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op....
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More Than One
Is it greedy and a tad self indulgent to want, crave and desire more than one black cat, favorite fragrance or piece of music? Probably! Needless to say I am grateful for the perfectly beautiful...
View ArticleThursday 03/29/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Leonard Slatkin Pianist: Olga Kern TOWER: For the Uncommon Woman TOWER: Made in America RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 1 DVORAK: Symphony No. 6
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11:00 PM Conductor: Mariss Jansons Pianist: Andres Schiff BRAHMS: Variations on a Theme of Haydn DVORAK: Piano concerto in G minor SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 1, “Spring” Fill: DVORAK: Scherzo Capriccioso
View ArticleThursday 05/10/12 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Manfred Honeck, conductor Johannes Moser, cello Rebecca Nelsen, soprano Michelle Tarbox, soprano DVORAK: Cello Concerto STRAUSS, JR.: Overture to Die Fledermaus STRAUSS, JR.: “Mein Herr...
View ArticleTuesday 08/21/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Sir Mark Elder Dvořák: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op 97, American (Emerson String Quartet; Paul Neubauer, viola) Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op 72, Nos 2 and 3 Dvořák: The Noonday...
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Those viola jokes…
What is the longest viola joke? Harold in Italy. Okay, this one is quite funny, but for the most part I just don’t get the plethora of viola jokes. I mean, I get them, but I don’t understand why violas...
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The more the merrier
For the longest time, I have been wanting to go down to hear the National Symphony Orchestra in the District. I’ve heard them once before, but that was when I had just flown into Dulles from a trip to...
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The Takács Quartet at Shriver Hall
“The Takács Quartet are matchless, their supreme artistry manifest at every level.” – The Guardian, London Takács Quartet photographed by Richard Houghton The Takács Quartet...
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