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WPAS Podcasts
Washington Performing Arts Society now helps you "Experience the Best" like never before!
Between the Lines is WPAS' audio podcast series featuring news, information and conversation on WPAS' Classical Season. We'll speak one-on-one with some of today's biggest names in classical music, giving you up-close access to world-class artists as they prepare for their Washington appearances with WPAS. |
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About the Host
Brian Newhouse is the senior producer and host for American Public Media's national broadcasts of SymphonyCast, a weekly program showcasing the world's great orchestras. He holds degrees in voice and English, and won a Peabody Award for the radio documentary The Mississippi: River of Song. He's the author of the memoir, A Crossing (Simon and Schuster, 1998). He also hosts the Friday night broadcasts of the Minnesota Orchestra heard regionally on Classical Minnesota Public Radio. |
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Joshua Bell |
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Between the Lines - Program 29
Joshua Bell, violin
WPAS speaks with violinist Joshua Bell about his March 3rd recital with pianist Jeremy Denk at The Music Center at Strathmore, performing Bach's Violin Sonata No. 4, the First Violin Sonatas of Schumann and Saint-Saëns, and the Sonata for Violin and Piano by Ravel. |
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Alisa Weilerstein |
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Between the Lines - Program 28Alisa Weilerstein, cello
WPAS speaks with cellist Alisa Weilerstein about her June 15 recital at accoustically rich Sixth & I Historic Synagogue in vibrant downtown Washington as the first performance in WPAS' exciting new Encore Series. Her program features cello sonatas by Beethoven, Britten and Chopin plus Suite Populaire Espagnole by Manuel de Falla. |
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Radu Lupu |
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Taking Note - Radu LupuRadu Lupu, piano
WPAS previews pianist Radu Lupu's program for his January 27 performance at Strathmore. Lupu's D.C. debut recital will feature Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata, Schubert's Sonata in A, D.959 and Janácek's In the Mists. |
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Rob Kapilow |
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Between the Lines - Program 27Rob Kapilow
In this episode of Between the Lines, Rob Kapilow discusses the What Makes It Great series. In his next program, Kapilow will explore Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21, "Waldstein." He'll be joined on stage by pianist Yuliya Gorenman. |
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow
Yuliya Gorenman, piano
Tuesday, January 12, 7pm
Smithsonian Institution
Museum of Natural History
Baird Auditorium |
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Angela Hewitt |
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Between the Lines - Program 26
Angela Hewitt, piano
WPAS speaks with pianist Angela Hewitt about her December 3 performance at The Music Center at Strathmore. Her program features a single work - Bach's graceful Goldberg Variations. Hewitt has been called "the pre-eminent Bach pianist of our time" (The Guardian). Reserve your seats to this special performance today. |
Angela Hewitt, piano
Thursday, December 3, 8pm
Music Center at Strathmore
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Viviane Hagner |
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Between the Lines - Program 25
Viviane Hagner, violin
WPAS talks to German violinist Viviane Hagner about her recital with pianist Shai Wosner November 24 in the Kennedy Cennter Terrace Theater. Her program features Schubert’s Violin Sonata in A minor, Schumann’s Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Bartók’s Rhapsody No. 1, plus new work called "Four Chants" by Turnage. |
Viviane Hagner, violin
Shai Wosner, piano
Tuesday, November 24, 7:30pm
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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Leif Ove Andsnes |
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Between the Lines - Program 24Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
WPAS speaks with Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his new project called Pictures Reframed, centered around Mussorgsky’s epic piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition, pairing live musical performance with video and still image projections above the stage. He'll also perform selections from Mussorgsky’s From Memories of Childhood, Schumann’s Scenes from Childhood plus a new work by Austrian composer Thomas Larcher. |
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Pictures Reframed
Friday, November 20, 7:30pm
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
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Philippe Entremont |
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Between the Lines - Program 23Philippe Entremont, conductor & piano
WPAS speaks with pianist and conductor Philippe Entremont about his November 22 appearance with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra at The Music Center at Strathmore. Together they'll perform Mozart's "Haffner" and Haydn's "London" Symphonies, plus Entremont will lead from the keyboard in Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20. |
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Philippe Entremont, conductor & piano
Sunday, November 22, 7pm
Music Center at Strathmore
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Riccardo Muti |
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Taking Note - New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
WPAS previews the New York Philharmonic's program for their November 21st performance at the Kennedy Center. Riccardo Muti will lead the Philharmonic in Liszt's symphonic poem Les Préludes, Elgar's concert overture In The South, and Suites I & II from Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet. |
New York Philharmonic
Riccardo Muti, conductor
Saturday, November 21, 4pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Dama Kiri Te Kanawa |
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Between the Lines - Program 22
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
WPAS speaks with soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa about her November 14 performance at the Kennedy Center. She'll present a spectacular evening of glorious music with works by Handel, Vivaldi, Debussy, Fauré, Canteloube, Puccini, Liszt, R. Strauss and more. Tickets at 202-785-WPAS or WPAS.org. |
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Brian Zeger, piano
Saturday, November 14, 7pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
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Rob Kapilow |
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Between the Lines - Program 21
Rob Kapilow
In this episode of Between the Lines, Rob Kapilow discusses the What Makes It Great series, in which he takes listeners inside the music to experience classical masterpieces like never before through musical examples, engaging commentaries, and live performances. In his next What Makes It Great program, Kapilow explores Bach's Double Violin Concerto with The Peabody Chamber Players. |
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow
Peabody Chamber Players
Tuesday, November 10, 7pm
Smithsonian Institution
Museum of Natural History
Baird Auditorium |
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Neale Perl |
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Between the Lines - Program 20
Neale's Notes
Neale Perl, WPAS President
In this special episode of Between the Lines, we speak with WPAS President Neale Perl to get a 'backstage pass' or personalized tour by the curator himself with behind the scenes insights on the gifted artists from our 2009/10 season. |
The best seats for many performances are going quickly,
so reserve today at WPAS.org or call 202-785-WPAS. |
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Murray Perahia |
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Taking Note - Murray PerahiaMurray Perahia, piano
WPAS previews pianist Murray Perahia's October 17th recital in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. On the program – Bach's Partita No. 6, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 30, Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood) by Schumann and select Chopin pieces.
Taking Note is part of WPAS' Between the Lines podcast series. |
Murray Perahia, piano
Saturday, October 17, 4pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall |
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Between the Lines - Program 12WPAS 2009/10 Classical Season Preview
Washington Performing Arts Society goes Between the Lines of our exciting 2009/2010 Season in this preview of our spectacular new line-up of classical performances. Washington audiences will truly "Experience the Best" with WPAS' schedule of the brightest stars of the music world. |
| Find complete performance information and full details on season subscription packages here on our website or call 202-785-WPAS. |
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| Featured Recordings |
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Liszt: Piano Concertos, Totentanz
Thibaudet / Montréal Symphony / Dutoit
ArkivMusic |
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
Philadelphia Orchestra / Muti
ArkivMusic / Amazon |
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Ramey: A Date with the Devil
Ramey / Munich Radio Symphony
ArkivMusic / Naxos |
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