Washington Post -
22 Sep 2014 22:29
It's been said that an orchestra's season-opening gala should send artistic signals, stand up for new music, show high aspirations. Yet it's really just a big party, a back-to-school gathering, a fundraiser, a change to show off new gowns and suntans. On Sunday night, the National Symphony Orchestra chose to emphasize the celebratory and light-hearted side with a season-opening gala that signaled, above all, that this orchestra has several roles at the Kennedy Center, and one of them is to give ...
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