National Symphony Orchestra: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Matthias Goerne, bass-baritone & Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano / Music of Bartók
Christoph Eschenbach continues The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna with works by Budapest's Bartók. Matthias Goerne and Michelle DeYoung lend their voices to Bluebeard's Castle on a program with The Miraculous Mandarin.
- Mar. 8 - 10, 2012
- Concert Hall
- 1 hour, 45 minutes
- $20.00 - $85.00
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About
AfterWords: Thu., Mar. 8 performance followed by a free discussion with Christoph Eschenbach, Michelle DeYoung, and NSO Director of Artistic Planning Nigel Boon.
Program and Notes
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Resources
- About National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center
- The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna An Interactive Exploration of the History & Culture of Central Europe
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David and Alice Rubenstein are the Presenting Underwriters of the NSO.
The NSO Music Director Chair is generously endowed by Roger and Vicki Sant.
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Noémi and Michael Neidorff and the Centene Charitable Foundation, The Honorable Nancy G. Brinker, and State Plaza Hotel.
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This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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