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Dessay conquers stage
Chicago Tribune criticNatalie Dessay creates entire operas around herself even when she's the only singer onstage. Such was the case at a packed Millennium Park on Saturday, when the alluring French soprano proved to be the brightest star of Lyric Opera's free showcase...Tags: Poetry, Music Theater, Millennium Park
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'Lincolniana' a must-hear any year
Chicago Tribune criticThe Lincoln Bicentennial won't occur until February, but a major new work evoking the struggles and triumphs of the 16th president arrived early at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park. Sunday evening's world premiere of "Lincolniana," by the genre-...Tags: Aaron Copland, Government, Ravinia Festival, Popular Music, Walt Whitman
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Capturing the curious
Last January, a nondescript room on a floor above the Contemporary Museum in the Mount Vernon district suddenly got real "descript" as a new organization gave Baltimore's cultural life an unexpected shot in the arm, a shot with a welcome sting. It came in...Tags: Frank Zappa, Music Theater, Luciano Berio, Milton Babbitt, Jimmy Buffett
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Fall Cultural Calendar
CLASSICAL MUSIC Bach at Noon: Baritone Joshua Copeland, winner of the 2008 Bach Vocal Competition for Young Singers, performs, along with Rosa Lamoreaux and Frederick Urrey of the Bach Choir and the Festival Orchestra. Central Moravian Church, Main and...Tags: Travis Tritt, Folk Music, David Byrne, Sculpture, Festive Event
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Remembering Orlando's grand ole opry houses
Sentinel Staff WriterDid you see the designs for the new Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center? This could be the biggest deal to hit downtown since Buffalo Bill's buffalo, Barney, ran amok on Orange Avenue in 1912. No joke: That was a very, very big deal at the...Tags: New Year's, Music Theater, Mark Twain, Melbourne, Florida State University
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Hear the 'Ode to Freedom'
247-4794The late American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein rarely did things on a small scale. When the Berlin Wall collapsed in 1989, Bernstein traveled to Germany and led an international orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The...Tags: Hampton Roads, Christmas, Academic Progress, Leonard Bernstein, Music Industry
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Bold times, bold art
Of The Morning CallSheryl Oring is a performance artist who invites the public to perform the art of good citizenship. In ''I Wish to Say'' she sits in a portable office dressed in 1950s clothes and types messages from spectators to George W. Bush on an antique keyboard....Tags: Motorcycling, David Hernandez, Illegal Immigrants, Elections, Travis Tritt
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Fall Arts Preview: Dance
steve.parks@newsday.com; JUDY RAIAFall for Dance Festival (Sept. 17-27, City Center, 130 W. 56th St., Manhattan). First-rate dance at cut-rate prices - just $10 a performance - starting with the National Ballet of Canada and including the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Les Ballet Jazz de...Tags: Garth Fagan, Staller Center for the Arts, Gregory Hines, C.W. Post Campus, Rock and Roll Music
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8 classical music events from Bernstein to Galway
Special to Newsday; STEVE PARKS; Research by Judy RaiaBernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds (Sept. 24-Dec. 13). Manhattan will be a Leonard Bernstein festival, with 50 events marking the 90th anniversary of his birth, the 65th anniversary of his debut with the New York Philharmonic and the 50th...Tags: Long Island, Staller Center for the Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Stony Brook University, Brookville
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Learning vacations: Having fun, being productive
While the kids saddle up for another school year, those who tossed their protractors long ago can feed their brains on a scholarly holiday. Jot this down in your notebook: Travel plus classes equals one smart trip. "During the vacation, your mind is...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Hotels and Accommodations, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Washington Post Company, Ethics
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Music of the mind
Astral Weeks Pop Quiz: Name the piece of music responsible for these flights of fancy:
Example one: "About fifteen minutes [in] . . . I have entered a different reality and am in a strange part of the universe where you can sit on the tail of a flaming...Tags: Fiction, Robert Plant, Rock and Roll Music, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Metal and Mineral
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Bernard Haitink garners appreciation from Chicago Symphony Orchestra, audience
Chicago Tribune criticLast season marked Bernard Haitink's first full term as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor. It was clear to many that, despite the extraordinary success of their collaboration, the deeply reserved Dutch maestro and Chicago's powerhouse...Tags: Chicago Symphony, Music Industry
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