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LI's 'Nutcrackers' are a suite treat
judy.bernstein@newsday.comLong Island's lures? Most people would mention our bounty of beaches or our sprawl of shopping malls. But Long Island also seems to be an epicenter of Christmas-season "Nutcracker" performances. From now until the end of the year, more than a dozen...Tags: Dancing, Lincoln Center, Cell Phones, Tilles Center, Dance
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Bedroom Bach?
Associated PressNEW YORK—There's a new way to get to Carnegie Hall—YouTube, YouTube, YouTube. Borrowing from "American Idol," the online video site announced plans Monday for a YouTube Symphony Orchestra, featuring a collaboration of wannabe musicians with...Tags: Carnegie Hall, Google Inc., Popular Music, Music Industry, Film Festivals
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Symphony Scene Has Its Own Rules
DEAR MISS MANNERS — I am new to the symphony scene, but love it. I have tickets to a Christmas theme coming up, so I am at a loss as to when to stand for the Handel's Messiah piece. At the beginning? During the middle? I do not wish to be the first...Tags: Christmas
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Dudamel conducts Strauss and Beethoven with Los Angeles Philharmonic
Music CriticAt the end of a long and full life, Richard Strauss wrote four songs for soprano and orchestra. Born in 1864, he weathered two world wars, remaining on the German side for both. The English titles are "Spring," "September," "Going to Sleep" and "At...Tags: Stanley Kubrick, Walt Disney, Music Industry, Richard Strauss
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Join cast of jaunty 'Monty'
Sentinel Staff WriterOpen auditions for the upcoming Bay Street Players' production of The Full Monty will be today and Tuesday. Prospective cast members are invited to come at 7:30 p.m. to the State Theatre 109 N. Bay St., Eustis. Artistic Director David Clevinger and...Tags: Jazz Music, Lady Lake, Dining and Drinking, Music Theater, Mount Dora
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CSO plays a modernist master's luminous valedictory
Tribune criticThe weekend concerts at Orchestra Hall were the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's version of a holiday blowout sale. And they were based on shrewd programming. First you lure consumers with beloved brand names—a Beethoven piano concerto played by...Tags: Chicago Symphony, Sony Corp.
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An old pro pushes, prods
Leaning against a stool with his conductor's baton at the ready, Raffaele Faraco is leading his musicians through their first reading of a complicated Beethoven symphony.
The 87-year-old former violinist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra interrupts...Tags: Towson, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johns Hopkins University, Music Industry, Long Island
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Anne Arundel Datebook
TODAY Community holiday The Linthicum Centennial Committee and the Linthicum business community will hold a Christmas in Linthicum celebration. Boy Scout Troop 447 will hold a breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Church at 6405 S....Tags: Cofield, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Anglican, Dance, Edgewater
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Christmas music is in season
The bounty of new holiday albums is impressive -- little else is selling, the thinking seems to be, so let's see if Santa and Rudolph can salvage the end of the year. This year's batch is suitably diverse, many hurriedly assembled as a seasonal bonus...Tags: Count Basie, Sarah Brightman, Elvis Presley, Pete Townshend, Gene Autry
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Daniel Barenboim leads splendid performance of Wagner's "Tristan" in belated Met Opera debut
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Each time the Metropolitan Opera performed Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" last season the big question was who would show up in the title roles. This season, both lead singers are new to their parts at the Met — and both went on as...Tags: Opera, James Levine, Music Theater, Cornwall, Daniel Barenboim
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Known for political views as much as music, Daniel Barenboim set for Metropolitan Opera debut
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ For Daniel Barenboim, music and politics meld together. Set to make his long-awaited Metropolitan Opera debut Friday night in Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," the 66-year-old Jewish former wunderkind is known as much for his...Tags: Opera, Chicago Symphony, Richard Wagner, Carnegie Hall, Music Theater
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10 things you might not know about ...
1 "Taking the No. 11 bus" is slang for walking, with the 1's representing your own two legs. 2 When restaurant workers cancel an order, they "86" it. For example, a waiter might tell the cook, "Eighty-six the French fries." There are competing theories...Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Major League Baseball, Restaurants
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