F E A T U R E D C O M PA N Y
BEETHOVEN,
BLUEGRASS
AND BLUES
NOW ENTERING ITS 26TH SEASON,
THE ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC
IS AS ADVENTUROUS AS EVER.
BY MICHAEL MCLEOD
WITH RANDY NOLES AND LAURA STEWART
concert, an intimate one, was in the library at the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The young
cellist was introduced by Leonard Bernstein, then conductor
of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
and former President Dwight Eisenhower were among
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the luminaries in the audience.
The performer was all of 7 years old, impeccably dressed in
concertina. He was dwarfed by his 11-year-old sister, who accompanied
him on the piano — and was just barely taller than
his own instrument.