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Article contributed by Benjamin K. Roe Yes, ‘tis the season for shamrocks, leprechauns, and a bender or two. A good time to check in on a new program just launched

  contributed by Benjamin K. Roe Themed programs are common enough in the concert hall these days, but how about an ensemble that presents themed seasons? Such is the case

contributed by Benjamin K. Roe Opera cuts to the chase—as death does. An art which seeks, more obviously than any other form, to break your heart. - Julian Barnes, Levels of

contributed by Benjamin K. Roe If you placed your cello on a mountaintop, and let the wind play it, it may very well sound like the Prelude to Bach’s Cello

contributed by Benjamin K. Roe A modern art museum - replete with works by such illustrious 20th-century artists as Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miro, Jean Tinguely and Andy Warhol - would

Click to read the Spring 2016 Issue (must be logged in to view content). On The Cover: "A recent press trip to Israel piqued my interest in that fascinating country’s

contributed by Benjamin K. Roe In our first Early Music Month post we noted that there is hardly a consensus about just what the end point of the “Early Music”

contributed by Benjamin K. Roe Imagine that you’re sitting in a wonderful big room in a palazzo in Venice on the Grand Canal.  One end of the room has enormous

contributed by Benjamin K. Roe I think that looking at all those amazing banyan trees, all the poinsettias, all the amazing wildlife that’s there, you get the feeling that the

Contributed by Benjamin K. Roe In yesterday’s post we talked about a noontime Bach series that’s taken place in the Nation’s Capital for more than a quarter century. In Philadelphia,