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Dudamel's return to CSO is thrilling, at times over the top
Tribune criticThis jury is still out on Gustavo Dudamel, but there is no denying the electric excitement the charismatic young Venezuelan dynamo sends through a concert hall. All four of his weekend engagements with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are sold out, and...Tags: Chicago Symphony, Samuel Barber, Music
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Classical music critic John von Rhein's must-see show of the week
Winter Chamber Music Festival A sure antidote for the winter blahs is this month-long feast of chamber music masterpieces presented by faculty musicians of the Northwestern University Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music and guest artists. Concerts...Tags: Northwestern University, Evanston, Music, Music Industry
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Free stuff is good stuff
Staff reporterIt's the first real week after the holidays, and you're pretty much broke. But you want to have fun. Every week, this town has free shows, events that probably make you suspicious because they're free. But between curators that cull through thousands...Tags: Music, Country Music
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Classical Corner
Andrew Brownell, Piano: In works by Messiaen, Ravel, Franck. 12:15 p.m. Wednesday at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Free; 312-744-6630. Chicago Chamber Orchestra: Dieter Kober, the ensemble's music director...Tags: David Schrader, Civic Opera House, Chicago Symphony, Opera, Music Theater
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Correction
•A faux-finish brush called a Leon Neon was incorrectly identified as a Neon Leon in Marni Jameson's column on Page H6 of today's CtHome section, which was printed in advance. •The Hartford Symphony Orchestra continues the third of its...Tags: Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
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Don't Miss: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's family series
Sentinel Pop Music CriticWHAT: The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra's Family Series is going to the animals this weekend with a pair of concerts designed to introduce children to the sounds of classical music. Peter and the Wolf will be presented on Saturday at the Peabody...Tags: Music, The Tonight Show (tv program), Popular Music, Festive Event, Animals
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Explore Wagner without the whole 'Ring'
757-247-4794This weekend, the Virginia Symphony gathers together all of its forces for an evening of the orchestral music of Richard Wagner. Few composers demand as much from musicians as this 19th century composer of German operas. His "Ring Cycle" of four operas...Tags: Opera, Music Theater, Chrysler Hall, Theater, Errol Flynn
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What moves them to tears
Bill Mason, general director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago: "Audiences get emotional with the Puccini operas where there's a death at the end—'La Boheme,' 'Madama Butterfly. I sometimes am moved to tears by something that's just so beautiful, the...Tags: A Charlie Brown Christmas (tv program), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Opera, Music Theater, Randy Newman
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Downturn cuts arts groups' endowments, attendance
Arts groups in the city are cutting their budgets or delaying projects in response to falling donations, ticket sales and the stock market woes' squeeze on their endowments. The Indianapolis Museum of Art has seen its endowment drop by $57 million in...Tags: Opera, Music Theater, Indianapolis, Theater, Maxwell Anderson
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New symphony director says product offered is solid
Of The Morning CallThe Allentown Symphony Association believes it has hit a home run by choosing Sheila K. Evans as its new executive director. Given the 54-year-old Lincoln, Neb., native's extensive background in music, business and arts management, she seems to have all...Tags: Opera, Music Theater, All Stars, Theater, Poetry
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Peabody instructor part of Obama inauguration
Moments after Joe Biden is sworn in as vice president of the United States on the West Front of the Capitol and just before Barack Obama takes his oath as president, four classical musicians will perform a work created by John Williams for the history-...Tags: 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Music Theater, Yo-Yo Ma, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Activities Calendar - January 8-16, 2009
THURSDAY JAN. 8 FILM From Shore to Shore: Video documentary of Irish music in New York City is presented in the first in a monthly series of ''Media Nights'' presented by the Celtic Cultural Alliance. A limited menu of fish and chips and shepherd's pie...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Music Theater, Allentown Brew Works, High School Sports, Lehigh University
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