American Symphony Orchestra

Knickerbocker Holiday

Howard Kissel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Kissel

The 1938 musical Knickerbocker Holiday is being given a gorgeous concert revival by the Collegiate Chorale and a distinguished group of soloists at Alice Tully Hall.

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Apocalypse Wow -- "Berg and His World" at Bard SummerScape

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Albert Imperato

The Bard Music Festival now makes up the last two weekends of the seven-week SummerScape festival, and is SummerScape's centerpiece and guiding spirit.

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Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra Perform the Music of Henry Cowell

Albert Imperato | Posted 05.25.2011

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Albert Imperato

It's Cowell's biography that pushes this concert into the realm of serious social importance. For four years he was imprisoned in San Quentin for homosexual relations with a consenting man.

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