Carnegie Hall Goes All-Bernstein
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Another opening, another show — Carnegie Hall kicked off its 2008-09 season on Wednesday night. The hall looked absolutely beautiful. And it sounded beautiful, too. One can forget how good these acoustics are, over the course of a summer.
The program was all-Bernstein. And why’s that? Because the composer’s dates are 1918 to 1990 — making this the 90th anniversary of his birth. And you know how music loves an anniversary — any anniversary, even 90th ones. Anniversaries are virtually the organizing principle of the music business. And for the next few months, you can hear Bernstein’s music all over New York.
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