- Anne Midgette
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Anne Midgette came to the Washington Post in 2008, when she consolidated her various cultural interests under the single title of chief classical music critic. She blogs at The Classical Beat, which she thinks you really should be reading.
Readers’ rediscoveries
In response to my article about neglected composers, readers wrote, Tweeted, and posted on Facebook with their own suggestions of composers you may not have heard of who are worth a listen.
A tale of two organs
How the Canadian firm of Casavant Freres ended up delivering two organs this summer to our nation’s capital.
Kennedy Center gets a new sound
A long-awaited symphonic organ brings to the venue “a sound that’s never been heard in this city before.”
Rediscoveries, indeed
Anne Midgette weighs in on neglected composers whose work is resurrected on CD; plus, a harpsichord competition and links to other reviews.
- Little-known composers get their due in the studio if not the concert hall
- At U-Md., Kapell competition shows the joys and limits of piano rivalry
- Richard Egarr demonstrates pianoforte’s elegance with music and musings at Clarice Smith Center
- A new summertime treat: concert series at Evermay
- At Castleton, ‘A Little Night Music’ amplifies disappointments
- WQXR: does the Web make criticism meaner?
- Kapell Competition: Founder returns to jury
- Kapell Competition begins: Fleisher on Kapell
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