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Cleveland Orchestra @ Severance Hall 4/16 "World Music" may be a fairly recent term in the annals of music, but really, music has always been international. I daresay it's the only truly international language. Anyone anywhere can readily understand and communicate with music. (One doesn't necessarily have to like what one hears, but that's a minor quibble, at least in this discussion.) Osvaldo Golijov is a great example of the way in which international aspects can influence the artist...
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Apollo's Fire @ St. Paul's Episcopal, Cleveland Heights 4/17 Conducting from her tambourine... well, no, that's not strictly correct. But Jeannette Sorrell, music director of Apollo's Fire, Cleveland Baroque Orchestra, did indeed incorporate her tambourine into her conducting duties -- and of course, also a harpsichord in a different piece...
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