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CARNEGIE HALL | Of Firebirds and Nests

Monday, February 1, 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 8 PM Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Pierre Boulez Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage BOULEZ | Livre pour cordes BARTÓK | Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, pianos) STRAVINSKY | The Firebird (complete) A privilege to hear Boulez conduct, last night for the third time in […]

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CARNEGIE HALL | Boulez Bluebeard

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 8 PM Chicago Symphony Orchestra, cond. Pierre Boulez Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage RAVEL | Le Tombeau de Couperin DALBAVIE | Flute Concerto (Mathieu Dufour, flute) BARTÓK | Bluebeard’s Castle (Michelle DeYoung, mezzo; Falk Struckmann, bass-baritone) To carry Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle to its bloodcurdling pitch without recourse to hysterics is […]

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