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29.6.03

Humanities Links

by Charles T. Downey | Sunday, June 29, 2003

  • Studia Humanitatis
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • National Humanities Center
  • Humanities Online (Michigan State University)
  • National Humanities Institute
  • Voice of the Shuttle
  • Edsitement: Humanities on the Web
  • Humbul Humanities Hub
  • Chronicle of Higher Education
  • The Library of Congress
  • Bibliothèque Nationale de France
  • The British Library
  • Butterflies and Wheels

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  • Charles T. Downey, Moderator
  • Jens F. Laurson, Classical Music
  • Todd E. Babcock, Film
  • Mark Barry, Art
  • Michael Lodico, Classical Music

CONCERT CALENDAR

May | June
June Concert Picks
Summer Music Festivals 2013
Small eye = recommended

May 22, 2013 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Meri Siirala (soprano) and Marja Kaisla (piano) [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

Small eye
May 22, 2013 (Wed)
8 pm
Attacca String Quartet [FREE]
Music by Janáček, Andres, Beethoven, Adams
Library of Congress

Small eye
May 23, 2013 (Thu)
8 pm
Jennifer Koh (violin) and Reiko Uchida (piano) [FREE]
Music by Janáček, Salonen, Schubert, Adams
Library of Congress

May 23, 2013 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Carlos Kalmar (conductor) and Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

May 24, 2013 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Jonathan Floril, piano
Embassy Series
Embassy of Ecuador

Small eye
May 24, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
International Contemporary Ensemble [FREE]
With John Adams, conductor
Music by Stravinsky, Schoenberg, di Castri, Adams
Library of Congress

May 24, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Carlos Kalmar (conductor) and Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

May 25, 2013 (Sat)
6 pm
Conrad Tao (piano), Sirena Huang (violin), and Anna Litvinenko (cello) [FREE]
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

May 25, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
With Carlos Kalmar (conductor) and Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Music Center at Strathmore

May 26, 2013 (Sun)
4 pm
Phillips Camerata
Phillips Collection

May 26, 2013 (Sun)
5:15 pm
Paul Carr, organ
Washington National Cathedral

May 26, 2013 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Gabrielius Alekna, piano [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

May 29, 2013 (Wed)
12:10 pm
NGA Chamber Players [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

May 29, 2013 (Wed)
6 pm
Kyrenia Opera [FREE]
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage

May 30, 2013 (Thu)
6 pm
Tamaki Kawakubo and Friends [FREE]
Kennedy Center Family Theater

Small eye
May 30, 2013 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With John Adams (conductor) and Jeremy Denk (piano)
Music by Respighi, Ravel, Adams
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Small eye
May 30, 2013 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Chantry
Music by Byrd, Josquin
St. Bernadette's

May 31, 2013 (Fri)
6 pm
Ryo Yanagitani, piano [FREE]
Kennedy Center Family Theater

Small eye
May 31, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With John Adams (conductor) and Jeremy Denk (piano)
Music by Respighi, Ravel, Adams
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

May 31, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado
New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Filene Center at Wolf Trap

Small eye
June 1, 2013 (Sat)
2 pm
Markus Groh, piano
WPAS
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

June 1, 2013 (Sat)
7:30 pm
National Chamber Ensemble
With Carlos Rodriguez, piano
Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre, Artisphere (Rosslyn, Va.)

Small eye
June 1, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With John Adams (conductor) and Jeremy Denk (piano)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 1, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
Wagner 200th Anniversary Celebration
Music Center at Strathmore

June 1, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado
New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players
Filene Center at Wolf Trap

June 2, 2013 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Inscape Chamber Orchestra [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

Small eye
June 4, 2013 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Ballet Across America
Kennedy Center Opera House

June 5, 2013 (Wed)
12:10 pm
Gjermund Larsen Trio [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

Small eye
June 5, 2013 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Ballet Across America
Kennedy Center Opera House

Small eye
June 6, 2013 (Thu)
7 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Augustin Hadelich (violin), Jakub Hrusa (conductor), and Nadezda Serdyuk (mezzo-soprano)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Small eye
June 6, 2013 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Ballet Across America
Kennedy Center Opera House

June 6, 2013 (Thu)
8 pm
Faculty Chamber Music Concert [FREE]
National Orchestral Institute
Clarice Smith Center

June 6, 2013 (Thu)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Orff, Carmina Burana
Music Center at Strathmore

June 7, 2013 (Fri)
7 pm
Chamber Music Showcase 1 [FREE]
National Orchestral Institute
Clarice Smith Center

June 7, 2013 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Bergthor Pálsson (baritone) and Edvina Minkštimas (piano)
Embassy Series
Icelandic Ambassador's Residence

June 7, 2013 (Fri)
7:30 pm
Ballet Across America
Kennedy Center Opera House

Small eye
June 7, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Augustin Hadelich (violin), Jakub Hrusa (conductor), and Nadezda Serdyuk (mezzo-soprano)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 7, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
Gwyn Roberts (recorder) and Atsuko Watanabe (harpsichord)
The Grand Tour: Baroque Music
St. George’s Episcopal Church (Arlington, Va.)

June 7, 2013 (Fri)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Orff, Carmina Burana
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 8, 2013 (Sat)
11 am and 1:30 pm
NSO Teddy Bear Concert
Kennedy Center Family Theater

June 8, 2013 (Sat)
1:30 and 7:30 pm
Ballet Across America
Kennedy Center Opera House

Small eye
June 8, 2013 (Sat)
7:30 pm
D. J. Sparr, Approaching Ali
Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Small eye
June 8, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
National Symphony Orchestra
With Augustin Hadelich (violin), Jakub Hrusa (conductor), and Nadezda Serdyuk (mezzo-soprano)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 8, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Orff, Carmina Burana
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 8, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
National Festival Chamber Orchestra
National Orchestral Institute
Clarice Smith Center

June 8, 2013 (Sat)
8 pm
National Philharmonic
Orff, Carmina Burana
Music Center at Strathmore

Small eye
June 9, 2013 (Sun)
1 and 3:30 pm
Washington Ballet [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

Small eye
June 9, 2013 (Sun)
1:30 pm
Ballet Across America
Kennedy Center Opera House

June 9, 2013 (Sun)
1:30 and 4 pm
NSO Teddy Bear Concert
Kennedy Center Family Theater

Small eye
June 9, 2013 (Sun)
2 pm
D. J. Sparr, Approaching Ali
Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

June 9, 2013 (Sun)
3 pm
Ang Li, piano [FREE]
Smithsonian American Art Museum

June 9, 2013 (Sun)
3 pm
National Philharmonic
Orff, Carmina Burana
Music Center at Strathmore

June 9, 2013 (Sun)
8 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Orff, Carmina Burana
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md.)

June 9, 2013 (Sun)
6:30 pm
Duo Hoerr/Sigfriddson [FREE]
National Gallery of Art

NEW RECORDINGS

Britten, Songs, I. Bostridge, A. Pappano, X. Yang (May 21, 2013)
Handel, Giove in Argo, A. Hallenberg, K. Gauvin, Il Complesso Barocco, A. Curtis (April 9, 2013)
J.G.H. Mann, Concertos, S. Manz, A. Yamada Osnabruck SO (February 26, 2013)
Britten, The Rape of Lucretia, I. Bostridge, Aldeburgh Festival, O. Knussen (February 5, 2013)
Beethoven, Complete String Quartets, Talich Quartet (January 1, 2013)
Shostakovich, Six String Quartets, Jerusalem Quartet (November 13, 2012)
Drama Queens, J. DiDonato, Il Complesso Barocco, A. Curtis (November 6, 2012)
Hindemith, Eight Sonatas, Das Marienleben, Glenn Gould et al. (October 30, 2012)
Bach and Beyond, Part 1, J. Koh (October 30, 2012)
Get happy (Rodgers, Berlin, Gershwin, et al.), J. Lin (October 30, 2012)
Le Bœuf sur le Toit: Swinging Paris, A. Tharaud (et al.) (October 22, 2012)
M. Richter / A. Vivaldi, Recomposed - The Four Seasons, D. Hope, Konzerthaus CO, A. de Ridder (October 16, 2012)
E.-P. Salonen, Violin Concerto, Nyx, L. Josefowicz, Finnish RSO (October 16, 2012)
The Music I Love, R. Podger (compilation) (October 9, 2012)
J. Mouton, Missa Dictes moy toutes voz pensées, Tallis Scholars (October 9, 2012)
Beethoven (inter alii), An die ferne Geliebte, C. Gerhaher, G. Huber (September 25, 2012)
Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier, A. Schiff (September 25, 2012)
The Art of Instrumentation, G. Kremer, Kremerata Baltica (September 25, 2012)
Wolf-Ferrari, Violin Concerto (inter alia), B. Schmid, Oviedo Filarmoniía, F. Haider (September 17, 2012)
A. Diepenbrock, Orchestral Works, Missa in die festo, Various (August 14, 2012)
R. Jones, Chamber Airs for Violin, K.-M. Kentala, L. Pulakka, M. Meyerson (August 3, 2012)
Phantasm (W. Lawes, Consorts to the Organ), D. Hyde, L. Dreyfus (July 31, 2012)
Chopin, Nocturnes, I. Moravec (July 24, 2012)
Bach, Partitas 2/4 (arr. for accordion), W. Dimetrik (July 10, 2012)
Vivaldi et al., Venice by Night, La Serenissima, A. Chandler (July 10, 2012)
H. Gál, Complete Piano Duos, Goldstone and Clemmow Piano Duo (July 3, 2012)
J.-P. Rameau, Complete Harpischord Works, J. Vinikour (June 26, 2012)
J. S. Bach, Motets, Monteverdi Choir, J. E. Gardiner (June 26, 2012)
Passiontide, C. Fitzgerald-Lombard, Apollo Baroque Consort, J. Waggott (June 12, 2012)
L'Incoronazione di Poppea, A. Auger, City of London Baroque Sinfonia, R. Hickox (June 5, 2012)
P. Burke et al., The Bright Motion, M. Mizrahi (May 29, 2012)
E. Krenek, Complete Symphonies, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover (May 29, 2012)
L'Olimpiade, K. Gauvin, N. Phan, Venice Baroque Orchestra, M. Chryssikos (May 29, 2012)
Handel, Theodora, L. Hunt, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, W. Christie (May 29, 2012)
Silfra, H. Hahn, Hauschka (May 22, 2012)
Schumann, Opp. 44, 47, Jerusalem Quartet, A. Melnikov (May 8, 2012)
Bruckner, Symphonies 8/9, Wiener Philharmoniker, C. Schuricht (May 8, 2012)
Beethoven, Bagatelles, S. Osborne (May 8, 2012)
Beethoven, Diabelli Variations, A. Staier (fortepiano) (May 8, 2012)
C. G. Neefe / Beethoven, Sonatas, S. Kagan (April 24, 2012)
H. Purcell, Love's Madness, D. Mields, Lautten Copagney Berlin, W. Katschner (April 24, 2012)
H. Pfitzner, Palestrina, Frankfurt Opera, K. Petrenko (April 24, 2012)
Beethoven, Complete Piano Trios, Trio Wanderer (April 10, 2012)
H. Howells, Requiem, Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, S. Layton (April 10, 2012)
La Voix de l'Emotion, M. Figueras, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Hespèrion XX-XXI (March 13, 2012)
A. De Boeck, Piano Concerto (inter alia), J. de Beenhouwer, Janáček PO, I. Venkov (March 13, 2012)
Friedrich der Grosse, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin (March 13, 2012)
Une fête baroque, N. Dessay, P. Petibon, S. Piau, Le Concert d'Astrée, E. Haïm (March 13, 2012)
Massenet, Don Quichotte, F. Furlanetto, Mariinsky Theater, V. Gergiev (March 13, 2012)
Das Ewig-Weibliche (Goethe-Lieder), M. Petersen, J. Springer (March 13, 2012)
W. Rihm, Astralis, RIAS Kammerchor, H.-C. Rademann (March 13, 2012)
Los pájaros perdidos, P. Jaroussky, L'Arpeggiata, C. Pluhar (March 13, 2012)
Chopin / Liszt / Ravel, B. Grosvenor (February 28, 2012)
Schubert, Fantasie in C (inter alia), C. Widmann, A. Lonquich (February 21, 2012)
Beethoven / Berg, Violin Concertos, I. Faust, Orchestra Mozart, C. Abbado (February 14, 2012)
Tune Thy Musicke to Thy Hart, Stile Antico, Fretwork (February 14, 2012)
Chant: Amor et Passio, Cistercian Monks of Stift Heiligenkreuz (February 14, 2012)
Bruckner, Five Symphonies, Berlin Philharmonic, G. Wand (February 7, 2012)

NEW DVDs

A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi, L. Hatami, P. Moaadi (August 21, 2012)
Bel Ami, directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, R. Pattinson, U. Thurman (August 7, 2012)
Le Havre, directed by Aki Kaurismäki, André Wilms (July 31, 2012)
The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, J. Dujardin, B. Bejo (June 26, 2012)
Tomboy, directed by Céline Sciamma, Zoé Héran (June 5, 2012)
R. Strauss, Die Frau ohne Schatten, S. Gould, A. Schwanewilms, Vienna Philharmonic, C. Thielemann (May 29, 2012)
Massenet, Don Quichotte, J. van Dam, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, M. Minkowski (May 29, 2012)
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, M. Persson, Gran Teatre del Liceu, H. Bicket (May 29, 2012)
Shame, directed by Steve McQueen, M. Fassbender, C. Mulligan (April 17, 2012)
War Horse, directed by Steven Spielberg, J. Irvine (April 3, 2012)
Monteverdi, L'Incoronazione di Poppea, D. de Niese, P. Jaroussky, Les Arts Florissants, W. Christie (April 3, 2012)
Rossini, Le Comte Ory, J. D. Flórez, D. Damrau, Metropolitan Opera, M. Benini (April 3, 2012)
A Dangerous Method, directed by David Cronenberg, M. Fassbender, K. Knightly (March 27, 2012)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, directed by Tomas Alfredson, G. Oldman, J. Hurt (March 20, 2012)
Carnage, directed by Roman Polanski, J. Foster, K. Winslet (March 20, 2012)
Melancholia, directed by Lars von Trier, K. Dunst, C. Gainsbourg (March 13, 2012)
The Descendants, directed by Alexander Payne, G. Clooney (March 13, 2012)
Pianomania, directed by Robert Cibis and Lilian Franck (February 14, 2012)
Mozart's Sister, directed by René Féret (February 14, 2012)
Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress, T. Lehtipuu, M. Persson, Glyndebourne, V. Jurowski (January 31, 2012)
Jane Eyre, directed by Cary Fukunaga (January 10, 2012)
Moneyball, directed by Bennett Miller, B. Pitt, J. Hill (January 10, 2012)
The Guard, directed by John Michael McDonagh, B. Gleeson, D. Cheedle (January 3, 2012)
Contagion, directed by Steven Soderbergh (January 3, 2012)

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