Tag: National Symphony Orchestra
Review: Mason Bates’ KC Jukebox: ‘Thievery Corporation’ at The Kennedy Center
The ethereal and complex mixture of sounds that Thievery Corporation has produced over a 22-year career has given them lots of material and a...
NSO: An Evening with Joshua Bell at The Kennedy Center
It has been said that Joshua Bell may be the greatest violinist active today. After listening to him play, as well as conduct, at...
Review: Pianist Lise de la Salle at the Phillips Collection
Picking through bombastic music to extract the musical message and leave a lingering impression of something other than bombast is a skill to be...
Review: National Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s ‘The Firebird’ and Ravel’s ‘Left Hand’...
With a program packed with masterpieces from Russian and French composers, Sir Mark Elder conducted the National Symphony Orchestra. Sir Mark Elder opened the night...
Review: ‘Diana Ross – All the Best of Times’ with the...
Singer extraordinaire Diana Ross is a musical legend and she proved it last night in a concert at The Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall. Presenting...
Review: Prokofiev’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with the National Symphony Orchestra at...
Something of a high-stakes atmosphere pervades this week’s concerts by the National Symphony Orchestra. It’s performing an all-Russian program, always a touchstone harking back...
Review: ‘National Symphony Orchestra: Season Opening Gala Concert’ at the Kennedy...
In a political season where talk of building walls sometimes trumps the optimism of building bridges, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing...
Review: ‘Seth MacFarlane and The Great American Songbook’ with NSO at...
Like many people my age, I've been a fan of Seth MacFarlane's work for some time. Creator of hugely successful shows Family Guy and...
Review: ‘Boyz II Men’ at The Kennedy Center with the National...
Motown Philly came to DC full-blast as the best-selling R&B group of all time, Boyz II Men graced the Concert Hall stage of The Kennedy...
Review: ‘NSO Pops: Broadway Today with Darren Criss & Betsy Wolfe’...
While most of the week here in Washington, DC has been dreary and rainy, the weekend is off to a bright start as Darren...
National Symphony Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah at The Kennedy Center
There is a reason Handel’s Messiah has been performed for hundreds of years. It’s a masterpiece and its intricacies, depth, and sheer mass make...
‘Declassified: In Motion featuring Ben Folds’ by The National Symphony Orchestra...
The National Symphony Orchestra/The Kennedy Center Declassified series, launched on Saturday with its performance of In Motion featuring Ben Folds, is a bold initiative...
The National Symphony Orchestra with Guest Conductor Jiri Belohlavek and Pianist...
The National Symphony Orchestra is doing one of its best guest conductors, Jiri Belohlavek, mostly proud this week with music from his Czech homeland.
In...
NSO Pops: ‘Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers’ at The...
It was an evening of American classics – from the pops program the National Symphony Orchestra played under the sure baton of Steve Reineke...
National Symphony Orchestra: ‘The Music of John Williams’ at Wolf Trap
It was as good as it gets. A glorious DC area midsummer, low-humidity evening. There was a full house at the Filene Center; with...
National Symphony Orchestra–‘Star Trek’ at Wolf Trap
On August 1st 2015, the National Symphony Orchestra presented Star Trek, the 2009 epic film drama by Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment at Wolf...
Audra McDonald with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap
Not even the heat and rising temperatures could keep the crowds away from Wolf Trap Monday night to hear the multi-talented Audra McDonald sing...
National Symphony Orchestra: ‘Back to the Future’ at Wolf Trap
On June 19, 2015, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts presented National Symphony Orchestra-- Back to the Future. Music Director Christoph Eschenbach...
National Symphony Orchestra, ‘Mahler Explored’ With Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor and Leonidas...
Last night at The Kennedy Center Concert Hall marked a special evening for all – conductor, players, and audience alike.
The audience, foremost, was treated...
‘Do You Hear the People Sing?’ With The National Symphony Orchestra...
For more than 30 years, the music of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg has uplifted, inspired, and invoked passion in audiences and artists alike....