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  2. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Wikipedia

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    The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, is the national cultural center of the United States, located on the eastern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Opened on September 8, 1971, the center hosts many different genres of performance art, such as theater, dance, classical music, jazz, pop, psychedelic, and folk music.

  3. Jones Hall - Wikipedia

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    Upon completion, the hall was donated to the city, [3] and today is operated by the Houston First Corporation. [6] Designed by the Houston-based architectural firm Caudill Rowlett Scott, the hall, which occupies an entire city block, features a white Italian marble exterior with eight-story tall columns. The interior includes a basement and a ...

  4. National Symphony Orchestra - Wikipedia

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    During his tenure, NSO released an album in 2011, including selections of their live performance from their program honoring the 50th anniversary of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's Inauguration. [11] In September 2011, the orchestra extended Eschenbach's contract through the 2014–2015 season.

  5. Melinoë - Wikipedia

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    Orphic Hymn 71 is addressed to Melinoe, and describes her as follows (in the translation by Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow): I call upon Melinoë, saffron-cloaked nymph of the earth, whom revered Persephone bore by the mouth of the Kokytos river upon the sacred bed of Kronian Zeus.

  6. Washington National Opera - Wikipedia

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    Performances are now given in the Opera House of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Opera in Washington, DC had become established after World War I and it did flourish for a time as the Washington National Opera Association [1] until the Depression and World War Two years, and into the 1960s in various outdoor opera venues ...

  7. Houston Symphony - Wikipedia

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    The orchestra performed in either the City Auditorium or the Music Hall until the construction in 1966 of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts. In 2001, the orchestra lost millions of dollars' worth of instruments, music, and archives when Tropical Storm Allison flooded the basement levels of Jones Hall. In 2003, the musicians went ...

  8. Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World; Nicolas ...

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    New Morning for the World, composed in 1982 on commission from AT&T, [4] premiered on January 15, 1983 (King's birthday) at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; David Effron conducted the Eastman Philharmonia, and Willie Stargell, then first baseman and team captain of the Pittsburgh Pirates, served as narrator. [3]

  9. Symphony No. 5 (Sallinen) - Wikipedia

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    The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, at which the NSO premiered Sallinen's Fifth Symphony. The Fifth Symphony had its world premiere on 10 October 1985, with Mstislav Rostropovich conducting the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at the Kennedy Center; also on the program was Sibelius's tone poem, En saga, and Beethoven's Second Symphony. [1]

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