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6.5.08

Listening to Itzhak Perlman

by Charles T. Downey | Tuesday, May 06, 2008

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Itzhak Perlman
Washington Post, May 6, 2008

Itzhak Perlman (violin) and Rohan DeSilva (piano)
Washington Performing Arts Society
Music Center at Strathmore

 

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May 21, 2008 (Wed)
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Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano [FREE]
National Museum of Women in the Arts

Small eye
May 21, 2008 (Wed)
7:30 pm
Strauss, Elektra
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House
[Review]

Small eye
May 22, 2008 (Thu)
7:30 pm
Handel, Tamerlano
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House
[Review]

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May 24, 2008 (Sat)
7 pm
Strauss, Elektra
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House
[Review]

May 24, 2008 (Sat)
7:30 pm
The Countertop Quartet: French Music
Saint Paul’s K Street

May 25, 2008 (Sun)
2 pm
Washington International Competition for Piano [FREE]
Friday Morning Music Club
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater

Small eye
May 25, 2008 (Sun)
2 pm
Cavalleria Rusticana (concert version)
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

May 25, 2008 (Sun)
2 pm
National Memorial Day Choral Festival
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

May 25, 2008 (Sun)
4 pm
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Phillips Collection

Small eye
May 27, 2008 (Tue)
7:30 pm
Strauss, Elektra
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House
[Review]

May 27, 2008 (Tue)
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Richmond Symphony Orchestra: 50th Anniversary Concert
With Christopher O'Riley, piano
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Small eye
May 29, 2008 (Thu)
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National Symphony Orchestra
All-Sibelius program (Vladimir Ashkenazy, guest conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

May 29, 2008 (Thu)
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May 29, 2008 (Thu)
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La Maison Française

Small eye
May 29, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
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Tribute to Elliott Carter
Library of Congress

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May 30, 2008 (Fri)
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Cavalleria Rusticana (concert version)
Washington National Opera
Kennedy Center Opera House

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May 30, 2008 (Fri)
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National Symphony Orchestra
All-Sibelius program (Vladimir Ashkenazy, guest conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

May 30, 2008 (Fri)
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All-Sibelius program (Vladimir Ashkenazy, guest conductor)
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

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Eclipse Chamber Orchestra

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Music by Franz Liszt
National Gallery of Art

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Kennedy Center Concert Hall

June 1, 2008 (Sun)
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Music Center at Strathmore

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With Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

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June 5, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
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Bach, Brandenburg Concertos
Music Center at Strathmore

June 5, 2008 (Thu)
8 pm
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Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington

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June 6, 2008 (Fri)
1:30 pm
National Symphony Orchestra (Grieg, Peer Gynt)
With Vladimir Ashkenazy, conductor
Kennedy Center Concert Hall

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June 6, 2008 (Fri)
7:30 pm
American Chamber Players
June Chamber Music Festival
Kreeger Museum

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