http://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linksetAnne Midgette takes the measure of the classical music scene.enCopyright 2012 Washington Post CompanyWed, 24 Apr 2013 04:12:14 GMTWed, 24 Apr 2013 04:12:14 GMT5http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gifhttp://www.washingtonpost.com?wprss=rss_linksethttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2b173931/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cweekend0Eroundup0Eso0Emany0Epremieres0Eso0Elittle0Etime0C20A130C0A40C230C33ff85fa0Eab760E11e20Ea8b90E2a63d75b54590Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>As so often happens these days in Washington, this weekend saw a veritable cornucopia of performances — including no fewer than three world premieres, and one piece presented the day after its world premiere. The world premieres were <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/at-washington-national-cathedral-music-fit-for-a-queen/2013/04/22/07676d88-ab89-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html" target="_blank">John Tavener’s “Three Hymns of George Herbert”</a> from the City Choir of Washington and Shenandoah Conservatory Choir; <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/21-century-consort-delivers-an-imaginative-program-of-music-and-dance/2013/04/21/3a509054-aa8e-11e2-9493-2ff3bf26c4b4_story.html" target="_blank">Donald Crockett’s “Dawn Dance”</a> from the 21st Century Consort, and <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/skillful-singers-bring-a-short-story-to-life-in-urbanarias-pauls-case/2013/04/22/691a33de-aab8-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html" target="_blank">Urban Arias’s presentation of the opera “Paul’s Case,”</a> by Gregory Spears. And <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/lack-of-focus-in-gabriel-kahanes-muddled-48-states-undermines-fine-performances/2013/04/21/dfbb0f38-aabb-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html" target="_blank">“Gabriel’s Guide to the 48 States,” which Gabriel Kahane</a> wrote for the chamber group Orpheus, came to the Clarice Smith Center the night after its world premiere at Dartmouth. (Links lead to reviews by me, Joan Reinthaler, and Roger Catlin.) </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/weekend-roundup-so-many-premieres-so-little-time/2013/04/23/33ff85fa-ab76-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2b173931/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-roundup-so-many-premieres-so-little-time%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F33ff85fa-ab76-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+roundup%3A+so+many+premieres%2C+so+little+time." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-roundup-so-many-premieres-so-little-time%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F33ff85fa-ab76-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+roundup%3A+so+many+premieres%2C+so+little+time." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-roundup-so-many-premieres-so-little-time%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F33ff85fa-ab76-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+roundup%3A+so+many+premieres%2C+so+little+time." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-roundup-so-many-premieres-so-little-time%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F33ff85fa-ab76-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+roundup%3A+so+many+premieres%2C+so+little+time." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-roundup-so-many-premieres-so-little-time%2F2013%2F04%2F23%2F33ff85fa-ab76-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+roundup%3A+so+many+premieres%2C+so+little+time." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016423702/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2b173931/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016423702/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2b173931/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016423702/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2b173931/a2t.img" border="0"/>Stephen BrookesWed, 24 Apr 2013 03:47:34 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/weekend-roundup-so-many-premieres-so-little-time/2013/04/23/33ff85fa-ab76-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2aee8d5b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cof0Erevivals0Eand0Erebirths0Etavener0Ein0Edc0Easpern0Epapers0Ein0Edallas0C20A130C0A40C190Cda235dd20Ea9210E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>A few years ago, Sir John Tavener, the eminent choral composer, was so sick he thought he might never write again. And Robert Shafer, the choral conductor, was fired from his job and thought his conducting career might be over. On Sunday, Shafer and his City Choir of Washington, a new arrival in a city with plenty of choruses, will present a Tavener world premiere at Washington National Cathedral-- in the presence of the composer. And it all happened thanks to a public-policy think tank. Only in Washington. <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/for-sir-john-tavener-diamond-jubilee-composition-is-a-musical-rebirth/2013/04/19/21dd77b2-a728-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html" target="_blank">Read the full story here</a> — tickets are <a data-xslt="_http" href="https://tickets.cathedral.org/public/" target="_blank">still available</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/of-revivals-and-rebirths-tavener-in-dc-aspern-papers-in-dallas/2013/04/19/da235dd2-a921-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2aee8d5b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-revivals-and-rebirths-tavener-in-dc-aspern-papers-in-dallas%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fda235dd2-a921-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+revivals+and+rebirths%3A+Tavener+in+DC%2C+Aspern+Papers+in+Dallas" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-revivals-and-rebirths-tavener-in-dc-aspern-papers-in-dallas%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fda235dd2-a921-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+revivals+and+rebirths%3A+Tavener+in+DC%2C+Aspern+Papers+in+Dallas" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-revivals-and-rebirths-tavener-in-dc-aspern-papers-in-dallas%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fda235dd2-a921-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+revivals+and+rebirths%3A+Tavener+in+DC%2C+Aspern+Papers+in+Dallas" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-revivals-and-rebirths-tavener-in-dc-aspern-papers-in-dallas%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fda235dd2-a921-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+revivals+and+rebirths%3A+Tavener+in+DC%2C+Aspern+Papers+in+Dallas" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-revivals-and-rebirths-tavener-in-dc-aspern-papers-in-dallas%2F2013%2F04%2F19%2Fda235dd2-a921-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+revivals+and+rebirths%3A+Tavener+in+DC%2C+Aspern+Papers+in+Dallas" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016188055/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2aee8d5b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/164016188055/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2aee8d5b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/164016188055/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2aee8d5b/a2t.img" border="0"/>City Choir of WashingtonFri, 19 Apr 2013 19:42:40 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/of-revivals-and-rebirths-tavener-in-dc-aspern-papers-in-dallas/2013/04/19/da235dd2-a921-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2ac9cceb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cof0Epollini0Eand0Epulitzers0C20A130C0A40C160C55c2d3aa0Ea6a70E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>There were two big concerts for Washington on Sunday. At Strathmore Maurizio Pollini, one of the great pianists, was a little hard-edged in Chopin but gave Debussy room to blossom, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/pianist-maurizio-pollinis-mastery-is-beyond-reproach-but-playing-has-little-spontaneity/2013/04/15/20f1a94a-a5e8-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html" target="_blank">according to critic Stephen Brookes</a>. And at the National Presbyterian Church, Scott Tucker made his official debut as Norman Scribner’s successor as the artistic director of the Choral Arts Society; <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/choral-arts-society-artistic-director-debuts/2013/04/15/e5496c10-a5de-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html" target="_blank">in her review, Cecelia Porter</a> called him an “ardent, driven champion.”</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/of-pollini-and-pulitzers/2013/04/16/55c2d3aa-a6a7-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2ac9cceb/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-pollini-and-pulitzers%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F55c2d3aa-a6a7-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+Pollini+and+Pulitzers." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-pollini-and-pulitzers%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F55c2d3aa-a6a7-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+Pollini+and+Pulitzers." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-pollini-and-pulitzers%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F55c2d3aa-a6a7-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+Pollini+and+Pulitzers." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-pollini-and-pulitzers%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F55c2d3aa-a6a7-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+Pollini+and+Pulitzers." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fof-pollini-and-pulitzers%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F55c2d3aa-a6a7-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Of+Pollini+and+Pulitzers." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323328733/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2ac9cceb/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323328733/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2ac9cceb/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323328733/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2ac9cceb/a2t.img" border="0"/>JCCTue, 16 Apr 2013 15:32:51 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/of-pollini-and-pulitzers/2013/04/16/55c2d3aa-a6a7-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2ac9395f/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Csir0Ecolin0Edavis0E19270E20A130C20A130C0A40C160C6afaaa30A0Ea6a30E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>RIP, Sir Colin Davis. He was too urbane to be widely considered a maverick, but his unorthodoxy is precisely what led to his particular interests and particular strengths, and to his championing some composers who occupy their own slightly offbeat niches in the mainstream classical music canon: Berlioz, Sibelius, Tippett. But he was also a consummate Mozartean. <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/colin-davis-celebrated-british-conductor-dies-at-85/2013/04/15/7fd2d87a-a5df-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html" target="_blank">My obituary for the Washington Post is here</a>, but of necessity does not include personal reminiscences of the concerts I heard him lead with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra during the years I lived in in Munich. Nor did I mention the afternoon in Würzburg, when I was sitting with friends in the Bavarian Radio Chorus in a cafe after a rehearsal and Sir Colin and his wife passed by, began chatting, and ended up hanging out for a couple of hours - an encounter from which I concluded that they were among those celebrities, like Yo-Yo Ma, who are just the same when you meet them in person as they appear in public. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/sir-colin-davis-1927-2013/2013/04/16/6afaaa30-a6a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2ac9395f/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fsir-colin-davis-1927-2013%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6afaaa30-a6a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Sir+Colin+Davis%2C+1927-2013." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fsir-colin-davis-1927-2013%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6afaaa30-a6a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Sir+Colin+Davis%2C+1927-2013." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fsir-colin-davis-1927-2013%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6afaaa30-a6a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Sir+Colin+Davis%2C+1927-2013." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fsir-colin-davis-1927-2013%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6afaaa30-a6a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Sir+Colin+Davis%2C+1927-2013." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fsir-colin-davis-1927-2013%2F2013%2F04%2F16%2F6afaaa30-a6a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Sir+Colin+Davis%2C+1927-2013." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323326925/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2ac9395f/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323326925/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2ac9395f/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323326925/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2ac9395f/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:06:12 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/sir-colin-davis-1927-2013/2013/04/16/6afaaa30-a6a3-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2abf18fb/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cwpas0Evocal0Earts0Edc0Eannounce0E20A130E140C20A130C0A40C150C9aefd2480Ea5e90E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>The last season announcements are coming in. The <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/wpas-announces-leaner-fresher-2013-14-season/2013/04/15/bbc35550-a53d-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Performing Arts Society has laid out a younger, fresher, perhaps slightly leaner but also slightly more diverse season for 2013-14</a> — a season much of which was effectively planned in the interim period between the departure of the group’s former president and CEO, Neale Perl, and the arrival of his successor, Jenny Bilfield. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/wpas-vocal-arts-dc-announce-2013-14/2013/04/15/9aefd248-a5e9-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2abf18fb/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fwpas-vocal-arts-dc-announce-2013-14%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F9aefd248-a5e9-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=WPAS%2C+Vocal+Arts+DC+announce+2013-14" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fwpas-vocal-arts-dc-announce-2013-14%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F9aefd248-a5e9-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=WPAS%2C+Vocal+Arts+DC+announce+2013-14" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fwpas-vocal-arts-dc-announce-2013-14%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F9aefd248-a5e9-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=WPAS%2C+Vocal+Arts+DC+announce+2013-14" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fwpas-vocal-arts-dc-announce-2013-14%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F9aefd248-a5e9-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=WPAS%2C+Vocal+Arts+DC+announce+2013-14" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fwpas-vocal-arts-dc-announce-2013-14%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2F9aefd248-a5e9-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=WPAS%2C+Vocal+Arts+DC+announce+2013-14" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323560197/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2abf18fb/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323560197/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2abf18fb/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323560197/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2abf18fb/a2t.img" border="0"/>WPASMon, 15 Apr 2013 16:41:43 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/wpas-vocal-arts-dc-announce-2013-14/2013/04/15/9aefd248-a5e9-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2abe712b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cweekend0Ereviews0Ecarpenter0Erousset0Eand0Emore0C20A130C0A40C150Ce2579ccc0Ea5d20E11e20Ea8e20E5b98cb59187f0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>Cameron Carpenter, the organist, is “the closest we have to the virtuoso musical showmen of the 19th century, like Liszt or Paganini,” writes <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/music-review-organist-cameron-carpenter-at-strathmore/2013/04/14/7c9fae22-a507-11e2-9e1c-bb0fb0c2edd9_story.html" target="_blank">Tom Huizenga in his review of Carpenter’s Strathmore performance</a> on Friday night. (Carpenter will return to DC next season.)</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/weekend-reviews-carpenter-rousset-and-more/2013/04/15/e2579ccc-a5d2-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2abe712b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-reviews-carpenter-rousset-and-more%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fe2579ccc-a5d2-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+reviews%3A+Carpenter%2C+Rousset%2C+and+more" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-reviews-carpenter-rousset-and-more%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fe2579ccc-a5d2-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+reviews%3A+Carpenter%2C+Rousset%2C+and+more" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-reviews-carpenter-rousset-and-more%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fe2579ccc-a5d2-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+reviews%3A+Carpenter%2C+Rousset%2C+and+more" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-reviews-carpenter-rousset-and-more%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fe2579ccc-a5d2-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+reviews%3A+Carpenter%2C+Rousset%2C+and+more" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-reviews-carpenter-rousset-and-more%2F2013%2F04%2F15%2Fe2579ccc-a5d2-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=Weekend+reviews%3A+Carpenter%2C+Rousset%2C+and+more" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323558618/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2abe712b/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/163323558618/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2abe712b/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/163323558618/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2abe712b/a2t.img" border="0"/>WNOMon, 15 Apr 2013 15:24:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/weekend-reviews-carpenter-rousset-and-more/2013/04/15/e2579ccc-a5d2-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2a730838/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Capril0Econcerts0Ewolff0Ekolkay0Eand0Ea0Egreat0Egreat0Enoise0C20A130C0A40C0A80Ce3f3d0A860Ea0A150E11e20E9c0A30E6952ff30A5f350Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>No fooling: here’s a survey of the first week of classical concerts in Washington in April. And the joint concert of the WNO/Bolshoi young artist programs indeed didn’t offer much to smile about, as I said <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/when-the-molding-of-domingo-cafritz-opera-singers-becomes-too-stiff/2013/04/04/3771782c-9bba-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html" target="_blank">in a piece in Sunday’s paper</a>. (Back in 2009, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-01-31/news/36827256_1_young-opera-singers-young-artist-pl-cido-domingo" target="_blank">I wrote a piece on young artist programs in general</a>; I’m not sure how much the picture has changed, though the WNO program is now undergoing a hopeful-sounding overhaul.)</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/april-concerts-wolff-kolkay-and-a-great-great-noise/2013/04/08/e3f3d086-a015-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2a730838/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fapril-concerts-wolff-kolkay-and-a-great-great-noise%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fe3f3d086-a015-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=April+concerts%3A+Wolff%2C+Kolkay%2C+and+a+great+Great+Noise." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fapril-concerts-wolff-kolkay-and-a-great-great-noise%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fe3f3d086-a015-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=April+concerts%3A+Wolff%2C+Kolkay%2C+and+a+great+Great+Noise." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fapril-concerts-wolff-kolkay-and-a-great-great-noise%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fe3f3d086-a015-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=April+concerts%3A+Wolff%2C+Kolkay%2C+and+a+great+Great+Noise." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fapril-concerts-wolff-kolkay-and-a-great-great-noise%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fe3f3d086-a015-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=April+concerts%3A+Wolff%2C+Kolkay%2C+and+a+great+Great+Noise." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png" border="0" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fapril-concerts-wolff-kolkay-and-a-great-great-noise%2F2013%2F04%2F08%2Fe3f3d086-a015-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat&t=April+concerts%3A+Wolff%2C+Kolkay%2C+and+a+great+Great+Noise." target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991437231/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2a730838/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991437231/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2a730838/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991437231/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2a730838/a2t.img" border="0"/>Charles T. DowneyMon, 08 Apr 2013 06:55:10 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/april-concerts-wolff-kolkay-and-a-great-great-noise/2013/04/08/e3f3d086-a015-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2a36bcbd/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cnews0Efor0Eapril0E10Ebertinelli0Esigns0Eexclusive0Ecd0Econtract0C20A130C0A40C0A10C0Ad84d0A1a0E9ad70E11e20E9a790Eeb5280Ac81c630Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>She’s hot in Cleveland -- and even hotter on the concert podium. The television actress Valerie Bertinelli, 52, even as she continues to film her successful TV Land sitcom “Hot in Cleveland” (recently picked up for a fifth season), has been deepening her acquaintance with some of the most challenging repertory of the classical literature -- as a conductor. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/news-for-april-1-bertinelli-signs-exclusive-cd-contract/2013/04/01/0d84d01a-9ad7-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2a36bcbd/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=News+for+April+1%3A+Bertinelli+signs+exclusive+CD+contract&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fnews-for-april-1-bertinelli-signs-exclusive-cd-contract%2F2013%2F04%2F01%2F0d84d01a-9ad7-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991138512/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2a36bcbd/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/161991138512/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2a36bcbd/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/161991138512/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2a36bcbd/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:15:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/news-for-april-1-bertinelli-signs-exclusive-cd-contract/2013/04/01/0d84d01a-9ad7-11e2-9a79-eb5280c81c63_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/29b522b5/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cstrike0Ethree0Esfs0Ecancels0Edc0C20A130C0A30C180C245bcebc0E8fef0E11e20Ebdea0Ee32ad90Ada2390Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>Add another orchestra to the list of American orchestras with labor troubles: the San Francisco Symphony’s strike has led to the cancellation of their upcoming East Coast tour — including a scheduled date at the Kennedy Center on Saturday the 23rd. The Washington Performing Arts Society informs us that ticket-holders can either trade in tickets for a future WPAS show or get a full refund. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/strike-three-sfs-cancels-dc/2013/03/18/245bcebc-8fef-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/29b522b5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Strike+three%3A+SFS+cancels+DC&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fstrike-three-sfs-cancels-dc%2F2013%2F03%2F18%2F245bcebc-8fef-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921451819/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/29b522b5/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921451819/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/29b522b5/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921451819/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/29b522b5/a2t.img" border="0"/>WPASMon, 18 Mar 2013 18:18:52 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/strike-three-sfs-cancels-dc/2013/03/18/245bcebc-8fef-11e2-bdea-e32ad90da239_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2971d54e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cwnos0Enorma0Eof0Emen0Ewomen0Eand0Esopranos0C20A130C0A30C110Cb91966520E8a6f0E11e20E98d90E30A12c1cd8d1e0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>I was disappointed by Norma at the Washington National Opera, but perhaps less disappointed than I’ve been <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/arts/music/14norm.html" target="_blank">by other Normas</a> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/01/arts/opera-review-comparing-two-debuts-as-norma.html" target="_blank">in the past</a> - faint praise, you’ll say, but not to opera-lovers. Put it this way: of the four Normas I’ve heard live in the last ten years, Angela Meade is by far the best. <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/washington-national-operas-norma-takes-all-that-symbolism-rather-literally/2013/03/10/ec038152-89b5-11e2-8d72-dc76641cb8d4_story.html?hpid=z12" target="_blank">Read the review</a> to learn all about it. [<strong>Edited to add</strong>: I’ve seen FIVE Normas live in the last ten years. I just repressed the Jane Eaglen experience.]</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/wnos-norma-of-men-women-and-sopranos/2013/03/11/b9196652-8a6f-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2971d54e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=WNO%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Norma%E2%80%99%3A+Of+men%2C+women+and+sopranos&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fwnos-norma-of-men-women-and-sopranos%2F2013%2F03%2F11%2Fb9196652-8a6f-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921059964/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2971d54e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158921059964/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2971d54e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158921059964/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2971d54e/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:33:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/wnos-norma-of-men-women-and-sopranos/2013/03/11/b9196652-8a6f-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/293b3134/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Ckennedy0Ecenter0Efocuses0Eon0Eamerican0Evocalism0Ein0E20A130E140C20A130C0A30C0A50C511a950A60E85ad0E11e20E9d710Ef0Afeafdd13940Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>The Kennedy Center has announced a 2013-14 season with a lot of American song, and a lot of opera. What’s not to like? </p> <p>The Americana effectively dominates the center’s festival program, which includes a number of smaller festivals celebrating a whole range of aspects of our country’s vocal art, from hip hop culture to choral singing (“Voices of our Nation: Celebrating the Choral Tradition”) to a three-day festival focused on the soprano Renee Fleming but spotlighting six distinct genres of vocal performance, from classical to country. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/kennedy-center-focuses-on-american-vocalism-in-2013-14/2013/03/05/511a9506-85ad-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/293b3134/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Kennedy+Center+focuses+on+American+vocalism+in+2013-14&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fkennedy-center-focuses-on-american-vocalism-in-2013-14%2F2013%2F03%2F05%2F511a9506-85ad-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920750454/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/293b3134/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158920750454/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/293b3134/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158920750454/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/293b3134/a2t.img" border="0"/>Kennedy CenterTue, 05 Mar 2013 16:10:19 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/kennedy-center-focuses-on-american-vocalism-in-2013-14/2013/03/05/511a9506-85ad-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/28e2e62e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Carts0Ein0Eschools0Ean0Eaddendum0C20A130C0A20C230C661bc5a80E7e0A30E11e20E9a750Edab0A20A1670Ada0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>In the <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine" target="_blank">Washington Post Magazine</a> this week, I write on arts education in schools - a huge and complicated topic. <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/liveblog/wp/2013/02/21/magazine-the-education-issue-after-years-of-crouching-arts-ed-is-raising-its-hand-again/?hpid=z1" target="_blank">Read it here</a>. </p> <p>I initially came at this story from my own beat. Over and over, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/back-to-school-on-orchestras-and-outreach/2011/06/27/AGmpvXnH_blog.html" target="_blank">I hear orchestras, in particular, blaming the decline in music education for their own declining audiences</a>, and I see them putting more and more of their own resources into education to counteract this trend. This is, to me, a dubious claim: the decline in orchestras’ ticket sales reflects, to my mind, a general cultural shift in perception and priorities -- there are so many other kinds of music to go to! -- as much as a decline in education. I also think that by investing in arts education, orchestras make themselves feel like they’re doing something about a problem that needs to be addressed on a number of levels, in terms of administration, programming, artistic philosophy.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/arts-in-schools-an-addendum/2013/02/23/661bc5a8-7e03-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/28e2e62e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Arts+in+schools%3A+an+addendum&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Farts-in-schools-an-addendum%2F2013%2F02%2F23%2F661bc5a8-7e03-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158919907265/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28e2e62e/kg/349/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/158919907265/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28e2e62e/kg/349/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/158919907265/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28e2e62e/kg/349/a2t.img" border="0"/>arts educationSat, 23 Feb 2013 22:18:39 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/arts-in-schools-an-addendum/2013/02/23/661bc5a8-7e03-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2880e78d/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Clinks0Eangela0Ehewitt0Ereviewed0Eplus0Ea0Etelematic0Eopera0C20A130C0A20C130Cf3d86720A0E759d0E11e20E95e40E6148e45d7adb0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p> <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=5" target="_blank">Michael Tilson Thomas, eighth blackbird and Kim Kashkashian</a> (no, not <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/02/11/kim-kashkashian-grammy-win-prompts-confusion-backstage/" target="_blank">Kim Kardashian</a>) may have won big on Grammy night, but the pianist Angela Hewitt was robbed: Grammy coverage preempted space for the review of her weekend recital to run in Monday’s paper. <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/pianist-hewitt-warms-to-her-task/2013/02/10/a1eab234-738a-11e2-9889-60bfcbb02149_story.html" target="_blank">Here is Tom Huizenga’s appraisal</a>, no less astute for being online-only. (What do you think of using Faziolis in recital? Discuss.)</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/links-angela-hewitt-reviewed-plus-a-telematic-opera/2013/02/13/f3d86720-759d-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2880e78d/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Links%3A+Angela+Hewitt+reviewed%2C+plus+a+%E2%80%9Ctelematic+opera%E2%80%9D&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Flinks-angela-hewitt-reviewed-plus-a-telematic-opera%2F2013%2F02%2F13%2Ff3d86720-759d-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985192607/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2880e78d/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985192607/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2880e78d/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155985192607/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2880e78d/a2t.img" border="0"/>Stephen BrookesThu, 14 Feb 2013 05:50:11 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/links-angela-hewitt-reviewed-plus-a-telematic-opera/2013/02/13/f3d86720-759d-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/28865a1b/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Ceyewitness0Enso0Ereigns0Ein0Egermany0C20A130C0A20C130C846930A50A0E75a10E11e20E95e40E6148e45d7adb0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p> <em>For the last two weeks, the National Symphony Orchestra has been touring Spain, Germany and France; the trip ends tonight with a performance in Oman. From Germany, Jens F. Laurson writes this report on what appears to have been a very positive reception. [Edited after posting to incorporate minor changes.]</em> </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/eyewitness-nso-reigns-in-germany/2013/02/13/84693050-75a1-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/28865a1b/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Eyewitness%3A+NSO+reigns+in+Germany&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Feyewitness-nso-reigns-in-germany%2F2013%2F02%2F13%2F84693050-75a1-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div>NSOWed, 13 Feb 2013 13:41:21 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/eyewitness-nso-reigns-in-germany/2013/02/13/84693050-75a1-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/286d8d13/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cthe0Eother0Eeast0Ecoast0Eopera0Ephilly0Eoffers0Esilent0Enight0C20A130C0A20C10A0C7c15ae7e0E73cb0E11e20E95e40E6148e45d7adb0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>Washington opera fans often act as if the only opera within reach happens either in Washington or New York. It’s a mistake, though, to overlook Philadelphia these days. The opera company there has just rechristened itself “Opera Philadelphia,” a new name to go along with an increasingly ambitious profile. Like the Washington National Opera, they only put on five productions a year; unlike WNO, they’re increasingly taking chances, offering unusual and new work along with repertory staples, and carving out a place for themselves as proponents of American opera with a commitment to presenting a new American work every year for the next decade. Friday night saw <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.operaphilly.com/production/silent-night" target="_blank">the local premiere of “Silent Night,”</a> which had its world premiere at the Minnesota Opera in the fall of 2011 and subsequently won the Pulitzer Prize; and for those accustomed to the New York-DC operatic axis it was a refreshing change of pace and scale. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/the-other-east-coast-opera-philly-offers-silent-night/2013/02/10/7c15ae7e-73cb-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/286d8d13/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a 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GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/the-other-east-coast-opera-philly-offers-silent-night/2013/02/10/7c15ae7e-73cb-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/286d7744/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Clinks0Eworlds0Egreatest0Econductor0C20A130C0A20C10A0C4e448eb40E73c80E11e20E95e40E6148e45d7adb0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>In advance of Tuesday’s concert by the Concertgebouw, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/worlds-best-mariss-jansons-bringing-royal-concertgebouw-orchestra-to-kennedy-center/2013/02/07/ea164c94-6fbb-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_story.html" target="_blank">I profile Mariss Jansons</a>, known to some as the greatest living conductor. </p> <p>Earlier this week, Katherine Boyle followed up on her article about <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/afghan-youth-orchestra-brings-message-of-hope-on-two-week-us-tour/2013/02/01/5dfe8f38-6966-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html" target="_blank">the Afghan Youth Orchestra</a> with <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/young-afghan-musicians-meet-american-peers-in-dc/2013/02/05/46f042c0-6fd6-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_story.html" target="_blank">a report on their activities once they got to DC</a>. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/links-worlds-greatest-conductor/2013/02/10/4e448eb4-73c8-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/286d7744/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Links%3A+World%E2%80%99s+greatest+conductor%3F&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Flinks-worlds-greatest-conductor%2F2013%2F02%2F10%2F4e448eb4-73c8-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985127258/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/286d7744/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155985127258/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/286d7744/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155985127258/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/286d7744/a2t.img" border="0"/>Stephen BrookesSun, 10 Feb 2013 21:46:07 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/links-worlds-greatest-conductor/2013/02/10/4e448eb4-73c8-11e2-95e4-6148e45d7adb_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/283c5bdd/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cwolf0Etrap0Egoes0Eitalian0Efor0E20A130C20A130C0A20C0A40C9c6e86dc0E6f110E11e20E8b8d0Ee0Ab59a1b8e2a0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>2013 is, among other things, a Verdi year, and the Wolf Trap Opera company is going all-Italian for the occasion. </p> <p>Wolf Trap walks a challenging line: it’s a summer festival/program for young professionals at the start of their careers, and its main home, the Barns, is a comfortable, rustic and diminutive performance space that seats 350 people. Offbeat and less-known operas are a natural fit for this particular combination, but Wolf Trap hasn’t let anything cramp its ambitions: for every “King for a Day” (Verdi) or “Zaide” (Mozart) there’s been a “Don Giovanni” or “Tales of Hoffmann.” </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/wolf-trap-goes-italian-for-2013/2013/02/04/9c6e86dc-6f11-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/283c5bdd/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Wolf+Trap+goes+Italian+for+2013&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fwolf-trap-goes-italian-for-2013%2F2013%2F02%2F04%2F9c6e86dc-6f11-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984851779/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/283c5bdd/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984851779/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/283c5bdd/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984851779/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/283c5bdd/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:50:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/wolf-trap-goes-italian-for-2013/2013/02/04/9c6e86dc-6f11-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2839077e/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Clinks0Efrom0Eafghans0Eto0Ethe0Ecultural0Erevolution0C20A130C0A20C0A40C60A9cdf2a0E6edd0E11e20Eac360E3d8d9dcaa2e20Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>This weekend’s big music story in the Post was <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/afghan-youth-orchestra-brings-message-of-hope-on-two-week-us-tour/2013/02/01/5dfe8f38-6966-11e2-95b3-272d604a10a3_story.html" target="_blank">Katherine Boyle’s smart piece on the upcoming U.S. tour of the Afghan Youth Orchestra</a>. There are a lot of non-musical interests riding on this tour — counterterrorism, cultural diplomacy. But the kids are focused on music, and pizza. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/links-from-afghans-to-the-cultural-revolution/2013/02/04/609cdf2a-6edd-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/2839077e/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Links%3A+from+Afghans+to+the+Cultural+Revolution&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Flinks-from-afghans-to-the-cultural-revolution%2F2013%2F02%2F04%2F609cdf2a-6edd-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984839887/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2839077e/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984839887/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2839077e/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984839887/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/2839077e/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:50:33 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/links-from-afghans-to-the-cultural-revolution/2013/02/04/609cdf2a-6edd-11e2-ac36-3d8d9dcaa2e2_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/28065120/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cweekend0Ereviews0Efrom0Ecua0Eto0Eisserlis0C20A130C0A10C290C5e723efa0E69e40E11e20Eaf530E7b2b2a7510Aa80Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>One piece sounded like a cross between Philip Glass and David Lang, with repeating syncopated snatches of text buoyed by string figures from a small instrumental ensemble. Another offered a chant-like text over a piano accompaniment dark and rich and thick as fruitcake. One composer sang her own work in a gentle, piping voice that gave an extra flavor of early music to her setting of three poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay. One composer presided from the keyboard as a small cast enacted an entire mini-opera. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/weekend-reviews-from-cua-to-isserlis/2013/01/29/5e723efa-69e4-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/28065120/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Weekend+reviews%3A+from+CUA+to+Isserlis&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fweekend-reviews-from-cua-to-isserlis%2F2013%2F01%2F29%2F5e723efa-69e4-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984533418/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28065120/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984533418/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28065120/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984533418/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28065120/a2t.img" border="0"/>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:54:35 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/weekend-reviews-from-cua-to-isserlis/2013/01/29/5e723efa-69e4-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/28001232/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cwpas0Enames0Enew0Ehead0Emy0Epersonal0Etake0C20A130C0A10C290Cdb8edf0Ae0E69e10E11e20Eaf530E7b2b2a7510Aa80Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>Neale Perl hadn’t even finished up his final year before the Washington Performing Arts Society named its new President and CEO. <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/washington-performing-arts-society/2013/01/28/0a84a302-697e-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_story.html" target="_blank">The official announcement comes today: it will be Jenny Bilfield</a>, who, after a long stint as president of the music publisher Boosey and Hawkes, has for the last six years been heading Lively Arts at Stanford (now “Stanford Live”), helping convert that institution into an organization <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/2009-in-review-Classical-music-3205632.php" target="_blank">the San Francisco Chronicle called “a central player in the Bay Area’s cultural life,”</a> and overseeing the construction of a new hall that opened earlier this month. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/wpas-names-new-head-my-personal-take/2013/01/29/db8edf0e-69e1-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/28001232/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=WPAS+names+new+head%3A+my+personal+take&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fwpas-names-new-head-my-personal-take%2F2013%2F01%2F29%2Fdb8edf0e-69e1-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984501690/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28001232/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984501690/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28001232/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984501690/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/28001232/a2t.img" border="0"/>WPASTue, 29 Jan 2013 07:16:50 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/wpas-names-new-head-my-personal-take/2013/01/29/db8edf0e-69e1-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27e665ce/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Clink0Enso0Eoffers0Edress0Erehearsal0Efor0Eeuropean0Etour0C20A130C0A10C250C0A44d1c8a0E670Ad0E11e20E85f50Ea8a9228e55e70Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>I haven’t said it in a while, and it may bear repeating, that my filing deadline for the National Symphony Orchestra concerts on Thursday nights means that a number of people don’t get to see the review in the paper. I file after the suburban edition has gone to press, so I make the final editions. This morning, my review wasn’t even in our edition in NW DC, as sometimes happens. Saying this on the blog is preaching to the choir, since if you’re reading this you’ve already figured out how to find these Friday reviews, but you might spread the word to people who don’t know; I do get occasional (understandably) disgruntled letters from NSO subscribers who are under the impression that I never, ever review NSO concerts. This is the downside of overnight reviews. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/link-nso-offers-dress-rehearsal-for-european-tour/2013/01/25/044d1c8a-670d-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27e665ce/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Link%3A+NSO+offers+dress+rehearsal+for+European+tour&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Flink-nso-offers-dress-rehearsal-for-european-tour%2F2013%2F01%2F25%2F044d1c8a-670d-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984371855/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27e665ce/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984371855/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27e665ce/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984371855/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27e665ce/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>NSOFri, 25 Jan 2013 16:54:04 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/link-nso-offers-dress-rehearsal-for-european-tour/2013/01/25/044d1c8a-670d-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27de4f4c/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cyour0Ecall0Ereview0Eassignments0Efrom0Ereaders0C20A130C0A10C240C90A4f6a8c0E66610E11e20E85f50Ea8a9228e55e70Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>The votes are in: on this blog, Facebook, and Twitter, you’ve made the call on <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/reviews-finding-the-balance--or-crowdsourcing-it/2013/01/23/7f014c24-6584-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html" target="_blank">what you would have reviewed in Washington this weekend</a>. </p> <p>I send a fistbump to <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/reviews-finding-the-balance--or-crowdsourcing-it/2013/01/23/7f014c24-6584-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html#comments" target="_blank">everyone who left comments</a> about this on my blog, since every one of you pushed the envelope and voted for five things instead of four — just like I did. This probably means, though, that one or more of the reviews will run on-line only. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/your-call-review-assignments-from-readers/2013/01/24/904f6a8c-6661-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27de4f4c/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Your+call%3A+review+assignments+from+readers&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fyour-call-review-assignments-from-readers%2F2013%2F01%2F24%2F904f6a8c-6661-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984338970/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27de4f4c/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984338970/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27de4f4c/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984338970/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27de4f4c/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>Opera LafayetteThu, 24 Jan 2013 20:38:37 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/your-call-review-assignments-from-readers/2013/01/24/904f6a8c-6661-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27d38d72/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Creviews0Efinding0Ethe0Ebalance0E0Eor0Ecrowdsourcing0Eit0C20A130C0A10C230C7f0A14c240E65840E11e20E9e1b0E0A7db1d2ccd5b0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>A recent on-line comment raised one of the most challenging questions I face in my job: How do you balance coverage of the local groups that are the life’s blood of the classical scene in the region with the big touring performers? </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/reviews-finding-the-balance--or-crowdsourcing-it/2013/01/23/7f014c24-6584-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27d38d72/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Reviews%3A+finding+the+balance+%E2%80%94+or+crowdsourcing+it&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Freviews-finding-the-balance--or-crowdsourcing-it%2F2013%2F01%2F23%2F7f014c24-6584-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984273760/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27d38d72/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984273760/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27d38d72/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984273760/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27d38d72/a2t.img" border="0"/>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:25:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/reviews-finding-the-balance--or-crowdsourcing-it/2013/01/23/7f014c24-6584-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27c12446/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cinauguration0Ethe0Eplaylist0C20A130C0A10C210C84262f6c0E64120E11e20E9e1b0E0A7db1d2ccd5b0Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>The readers have spoken: on Facebook and Twitter, suggestions came streaming in for music that would be appropriate for performance during the presidential inauguration. Some of the suggestions are jokes (Aerosmith’s “Back in the Saddle,” Cage’s “4’33””), some are intended as commentary (the last movement of Shostakovich’s 5th symphony; ”Winter” from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons”), and some are simply impracticable (I don't think you could get an audience to sit happily through 15 minutes of “Lincoln Portrait” in freezing temperatures, even if you could get an orchestra to play it outdoors). But here is a Spotify playlist with a cornucopia of readers’ suggestions about what Obama might have picked — or about what we might hear come 2017. Surely we can do better than Kelly Clarkson. </p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/inauguration-the-playlist/2013/01/21/84262f6c-6412-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27c12446/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Inauguration%2C+the+playlist&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Finauguration-the-playlist%2F2013%2F01%2F21%2F84262f6c-6412-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984163404/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27c12446/kg/342/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984163404/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27c12446/kg/342/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984163404/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27c12446/kg/342/a2t.img" border="0"/>inaugurationMon, 21 Jan 2013 21:57:59 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/inauguration-the-playlist/2013/01/21/84262f6c-6412-11e2-9e1b-07db1d2ccd5b_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgettehttp://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27bf70d6/l/0L0Swashingtonpost0N0Cblogs0Cclassical0Ebeat0Cpost0Cmusic0Eand0Ethe0Epresidency0Einaugural0Eedition0C20A130C0A10C210Cec4a391e0E63e30E11e20E85f50Ea8a9228e55e70Iblog0Bhtml0Dwprss0Frss0Iclassical0Ebeat/story01.htm<p>To mark Barack Obama’s second inauguration, <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/inaugural-music-its-nice-but-its-not-a-concert/2013/01/03/d55073f6-5365-11e2-8b9e-dd8773594efc_story.html" target="_blank">I wrote a piece in the Post</a> a couple of weeks ago about the quartet that was performed at his first. </p> <p>I attended <a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/20/AR2009012003560.html" target="_blank">the 2009 inauguration in order to write about the music</a>, but in the event, I found the quartet the least exciting part of a generally exciting weekend. (<a data-xslt="_http" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/19/AR2009011903426.html" target="_blank">I got to cover Aretha that weekend</a>, too.) My experience was muted by the fact that, even though I was in the ticketed seats, I was far away from the performers and not even in sight of one of the video screens. I therefore had no way of telling that the music was pre-recorded, though through common sense alone I should have been able to figure it out.</p> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/music-and-the-presidency-inaugural-edition/2013/01/21/ec4a391e-63e3-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beat">Read full article &#62;&#62;</a><img width='1' height='1' src='http://feeds.voices.washingtonpost.com/c/34656/f/636685/s/27bf70d6/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://share.feedsportal.com/viral/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&title=Music+and+the+Presidency%2C+inaugural+edition&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fclassical-beat%2Fpost%2Fmusic-and-the-presidency-inaugural-edition%2F2013%2F01%2F21%2Fec4a391e-63e3-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html%3Fwprss%3Drss_classical-beat" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984159180/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27bf70d6/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/155984159180/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27bf70d6/a2.img" border="0"/></a><img width="1" height="1" src="http://pi.feedsportal.com/r/155984159180/u/0/f/636685/c/34656/s/27bf70d6/a2t.img" border="0"/>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:42:00 GMThttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/classical-beat/post/music-and-the-presidency-inaugural-edition/2013/01/21/ec4a391e-63e3-11e2-85f5-a8a9228e55e7_blog.html?wprss=rss_classical-beatAnne Midgette