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Feb 11, 2007

Classical Music Agenda

There may not be many concerts happening during this coming work week, but the number of concerts scheduled for the weekend will require shrewd planning for serious listeners. SYMPHONY: >> Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, the brothers from France who play violin and cello with exceptional flair, will join the National Symphony Orchestra this week. The program in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall includes the Brahms double concerto (for violin and cello), Debussy’s iconic symbolist poem…

Feb 10, 2006

Out and About: Weekend Picks

FRIDAY: The snow isn’t supposed to hit until Saturday, but Fox has the perfect excuse to stay in tonight and avoid the hordes descending on Safeway for bread, milk, and toilet paper. Fox is burning off the final four episodes of the brilliant, but tragically low-rated and now cancelled Arrested Development. Fans can start their vigil now, as Entertainment Weekly’s Popwatch commenters discuss their favorite episodes. It all starts at 8 p.m. Oh, and if…

Dec 09, 2005

Out and About: Weekend Picks

FRIDAY: >> New York’s Latin-funk collective Yerba Buena, the energetic offspring of Venezuelan-born producer Andrés Levin and his Cuban-born wife Ileana Padrón (aka Cucu Diamantes), is the only band touring the country today that could bring together a guest artist line-up for their latest album, Island Life, that includes M1 from Dead Prez, comedian and actor John Leguizamo, and gypsy punks Gogol Bordello. The combo may occasionally feel like its trying to be an Afro-Cuban…

 
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