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Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra “declassify” Janáček's Sinfonietta

By Jacob Slattery, 29 April 2015
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Reviewed at Symphony Space, New York City on 26 April 2015
Programme
Janáček, Sinfonietta, Op.60
Performers
American Symphony Orchestra
Leon Botstein, Conductor
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Jacob Slattery
Jacob Slattery
Jacob is a musician and raconteur based out of New York City. As a writer, he operates an online arts and culture blog with the goal of providing momentum for community-based arts projects in NYC. As an oboist, Jacob has performed internationally with orchestras from Vienna to Seoul. Born and raised in the lake-ridden, gopher empire of Minnesota, Jacob received a dual-degree in Music Performance and Marketing from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. His blog can be found here.