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2010 - 2011 Series Midtown Concerts:
September 2010 | October 2010 | November 2010
| December 2010 | January 2011
February 2011
| March 2011 | April 2011
| May 2011
January 2011 JANUARY 5
Ensemble Viscera: The Grumbling Hive
A modern ballad-opera based on author Mandeville's "Fable of the Bees": a series of commentaries,
stories, and scenes of private vice and vain virtue. "The paradox of thrift" is explained and our recession reflected in these humorous scenes of 18th-century England.
JANUARY 12
John Moran, cello
The outstanding cellist from Washington, DC presents a recital of music for baroque cello, accompanied by Dongsok Shin on the harpsichord.
JANUARY 19
Dodd Quartet: Variations in String Quartets by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven
This program follows the development of the variation movement as the emotional center of a string quartet
and includes works by Haydn (Op. 20, #4), Mozart (Quartet K. 464, adagio), and Beethoven (Op. 18, #5).
JANUARY 26
Ensemble La Pantomime: Virtuoso 18th-Century Chamber Music
A program of music for violin, viola da gamba and harpsichord that pulls the gamba and harpsichord out of their traditional accompaniment role and into the spotlight in virtuoso works by
Bach, Rameau, and Marais.
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