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Cincinnati Symphony is making headlines with a new Tweet seats option at selected concerts. Check out this article from the Cincinnati Inquirer:
Symphony is tweet music to their ears
I can't say I think much of the headline (that groan you heard from across town was me) but the idea is one worth watching in this wags eyes ...
What do you think?
November has been a busy month here at Celebrity Series world headquarters. Below are just a few of the reviews for just a few of the performances this month ...
Angelika Kirchschlager and Jean-Yves Thibaudet at NEC's Jordan Hall:
Orion String Quartet with David Shifrin
(performance included Boston premiere of Marc Neikrug's Clarinet Quintet)
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones at Sanders Theatre:
Itzhak Perlman at Symphony Hall:
Lang Lang during his masterclass at Sanders Theatre on Saturday
Matthew Guerrieri reviewed this past Sunday's Celebrity Series recital by pianist Lang Lang, the culmination of the superstar pianist's stay in Boston. Here's a snippet:
"During intermission, Lang swapped the fine-grained German Steinway for a brassier American one (something of a star-privilege trademark for him), then offered all 12 of Chopin’s Op. 25 Études, a fully stocked cabinet of virtuosity highlighting Lang’s penchant for show, not to mention showing off - the two A-minor études, nos. 4 and 11, were thrillingly cocky torrents, the relentless octaves of the B-minor positively blazed."
Read all of A dash of daring serves Lang.
