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Excerpt from The Columbus Dispatch, By Peter Tonguette Each summer, attendees of CAPA’s Summer Movie Series have a front-row seat to the majesty of the “Mighty Morton” Pipe Organ, which plays during the series in the Ohio Theatre. Yet this was no ordinary use of the organ. For starters, there was a visual difference: The organ usually makes its way up from the orchestra pit, but for the …

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Excerpt from The Columbus Dispatch By Jennifer Hambrick In a program titled “The Romantic Cello,” cello soloist Pablo Ferrandez, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra and CSO music director Rossen Milanov traversed the spectrum of emotion and color Elgar’s Cello Concerto and Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 alongside contemporary composer Jesus Torres’ Three Velazquez Paintings. The orchestra brought forth …

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Excerpt from The Columbus Dispatch By Peter Tonguette The Columbus Symphony is capable of transporting audiences through the beauty of its playing. Sometimes, however, the symphony has more on its mind than mere musical notes. Such was the case when the symphony presented its “American Festival” Friday night in the Ohio Theatre. In a program dedicated to music by American composers, the …

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