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The other Donald in DC: Runnicles explores French repertoire

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Reviewed at Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, Washington on 10 November 2016
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 12: Minstrels
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 4: Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 3: La Puerta del Vino
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 6: Général Lavine - eccentric
Debussy, Nocturnes, L 91
Duruflé, Requiem
National Symphony Orchestra
Sir Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-soprano
Christian Bowers, Baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
Lush strings, bright Beethoven: NSO and Noseda at Carnegie Hall
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Young and Lamsma bring levity to National Symphony Orchestra
****1
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****1
National Symphony makes a fine-sounding digital return to the stage
****1
Rollicking Mahler Fifth may have just put NSO on the global map
*****
Tetzlaff redefines clarity with the National Symphony Orchestra
****1
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