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A festive break from Messiah: Hindemith's The Long Christmas Dinner

By Jacob Slattery, 22 December 2014
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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Alice Tully Hall, New York City on 19 December 2014
Programme
Hindemith, The Long Christmas Dinner
Performers
Leon Botstein, Conductor
Jonathan Rosenberg, Director
Olivera Gajic, Costume Designer
Zane Pihlstrom, Set Designer
Kathryn Guthrie, Leonora
Camille Zamora, Lucia I, Lucia II
Catherine Martin, Geneviève
Sara Murphy, Ermengarde, Mother Bayard
Glenn Seven Allen, Charles
Scott Murphree, Roderick II
Jarrett Ott, Roderick I, Sam
Josh Quinn, Brandon
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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.