
National Symphony Orchestra Watch Joshua Bell in rehearsal with the National Symphony Orchestra. He discusses Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole which he performs this weekend. Saturday evening is sold out but a few seats remain for Sunday afternoon.
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National Symphony Orchestra Violinist Joshua Bell will be signing his CDs following his performances with the NSO on Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon.
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Kennedy Center Online Gift Shop: Every track on this CD contains a beautiful melody, many of them easily recognizable, all of them exuding tranquility.

National Symphony Orchestra Miss Joshua Bell’s interview on the Diane Rehm Show this morning? No worries! You can listen to it online!
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For more than 20 years, The Diane Rehm Show has offered listeners thoughtful and lively conversations on an array of topics with many of the most distinguished people of our times. Each week, more than 1.4 million listeners across the country tune in to the program.

National Symphony Orchestra TICKETS ARE GOING FAST!!! The NSO with guest conductor Hugh Wolff will perform Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole featuring Grammy Award-winning violinist JOSHUA BELL this Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
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An acclaimed American conductor with a global perspective, Hugh Wolff conducts a program featuring Lalo'sSymphonie Espagnolewith Joshua Bell, whom the Boston Herald calls 'the greatest Ame...

National Symphony Orchestra NSO Principal Cellist David Hardy follows up Lambert Orkis's blog post with his own notes from their Beethoven recording session.
The Beethoven Sessions: Recording (and Editing) for Dorian, by David Hardy - National Symphony Orche
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Over the past few years, Lambert Orkis and I derived great enjoyment from revisiting and performing the works for piano and cello by Beethoven with the idea of recording these five sonatas and three sets of variations not once, but twice(!) - on modern and period setups.

National Symphony Orchestra Grammy award-winning pianist Lambert Orkis recently teamed up with NSO Principal Cellist David Hardy to record Beethoven Past and Present. On the NSO blog Orkis details the ins and outs of making a classical music recording. You can purchase this Beethoven album at: http://ow.ly/BIuZ
The Beethoven Sessions: Recording (and More) for Dorian, by Lambert Orkis - National Symphony Orches
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Having "worn both hats"—that of an audio recording producer and that as a featured performer – I can state with authority that the actual playing in a recording session is only one part of a long process that culminates in a published CD.

National Symphony Orchestra LAST CHANCE! There are only about 80 tickets left to hear the "sparkling and dramatic" (San Francisco Chronicle) Lang Lang with the NSO. Tomorrow night's performance will sell out very soon!
Performance: National Symphony Orchestra: Andrew Litton, conductor/Lang Lang, piano, plays Beethoven
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Andrew Litton conducts the "sparkling and dramatic" (San Francisco Chronicle) Lang Lang in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3.

National Symphony Orchestra Only 20 tickets left in this $20 Joshua Bell offer. We love giving our fans what they want. Take advantage of these special "Thank you" tix while they last! Follow the link below to redeem.
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An acclaimed American conductor with a global perspective, Hugh Wolff conducts a program featuring Lalo'sSymphonie Espagnolewith Joshua Bell, whom the Boston Herald calls "the greatest American violinist active today."

National Symphony Orchestra Check out WETA's Classical Conversation with Joshua Bell, where he talks about his new CD and his own approach to music-making. He's playing with the NSO Nov. 19-22.
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Classical WETA's on-air hosts interview prominent classical music performers, composers and artists in this series of intimate audio conversations recorded for ClassicalWETA.org.

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$20 Joshua Bell Tix! So, Joshua Bell performed yesterday at the White House. Were you there? Yeah, neither were we. Those were some pretty impossible tickets to score. But to thank you for being a fan of the NSO we have made a very limited number of special $20 balcony seats available to Bell’s Sunday Nov. 22 matinee p...erformance at the Kennedy Center. Click the link below to redeem.
Congrats on your White House performance, Joshua. We can’t wait to hear you at our house!Read More
Congrats on your White House performance, Joshua. We can’t wait to hear you at our house!Read More
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An acclaimed American conductor with a global perspective, Hugh Wolff conducts a program featuring Lalo'sSymphonie Espagnolewith Joshua Bell, whom the Boston Herald calls "the greatest American violinist active today."

National Symphony Orchestra Star violinist Joshua Bell performs for the Obamas at the White House with other young classical musicians this evening. The concert will be streamed live on www.whitehouse.gov. Catch him live with the National Symphony Orchestra Nov. 19-22.
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An acclaimed American conductor with a global perspective, Hugh Wolff conducts a program featuring Lalo'sSymphonie Espagnolewith Joshua Bell, whom the Boston Herald calls "the greatest American violinist active today."

National Symphony Orchestra Who Knew? Barry Hearn went through 11 auditions prior to winning the NSO's Asst. Principal Trombone position. Read more about him on the NSO Blog!
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Welcome to the first of what will be many introductions of members of the National Symphony Orchestra. We would like to first give you a glimpse of our musicians who recently began playing with us during the 2009-2010 season, and we start with Barry Hearn. ...

National Symphony Orchestra We'll pick a winner at random for our Vadim Rapin CD giveaway today at 3 p.m. All valid correct entries will be eligible!

National Symphony Orchestra In honor of violinist Vadim Repin performing Brahms and Prokofiev this week (Nov. 5 - 7), we present you with a 'FOCUS ON RUSSIA' Week Trivia Question: Which Hollywood studio recruited Prokofiev to compose music for its movie? Answer correctly, and we will choose a winner at random to receive a recording of Vadim Repin performing Brahms's Violin Concerto!




























