Kennedy Center Honors

Written by Eric Olsen
Published December 08, 2003
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His further collaborations with musicians as varied as Domingo, Yo-Yo Ma, and Jessye Norman, together with his growing solo discography, are the stuff of recording history. He has entertained millions beyond the concert hall, with appearances on television shows from "Sesame Street" and "The Late Show with David Letterman" to the "Grammy Awards" and "Live from Lincoln Center." He has hosted the Three Tenors Encore! concert from Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles, brought his klezmer tour to the Hollywood Bowl, celebrated Tchaikovsky in St. Petersburg on the 150th birthday salute to the great composer, and he has paid tribute to Dvorak in Prague. Perlman even has moved to the conductor's podium, not only as principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony but also by leading the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, among others. Everywhere, before every sort of audience, the response to Perlman's music most often is rapture....

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#1 — December 8, 2003 @ 14:17PM — Mark Saleski [URL]

wouldn't it be fun if they pulled a "Night Music" sort of thing at this show?

Loretta Lynn, James Brown, Itzhak Perlman, Anastacia and LL. Cool J. get together onstage to perform "Moma Said Knock You Out".

ok, maybe not.

#2 — December 8, 2003 @ 14:22PM — Natalie Davis [URL]

I dunno -- that would be an all-star jam that would knock us out. Not for the good, I fear, but...

Seriously, all five deserve the honor. The Kennedy Center awards are among my favorite each year.

#3 — December 8, 2003 @ 14:37PM — Eric Olsen

Pretty hard to argue with the selections or with the range, although something has always bugged me about Carol Burnett - I'm not sure what it is.

#4 — December 8, 2003 @ 15:01PM — Mark Saleski [URL]

...maybe she reminds you of an older,funnier Terry Gross

#5 — December 8, 2003 @ 15:14PM — Joe [URL]

No, Beaker from the Muppet Show is a younger, funnier Terry Gross.

#6 — December 8, 2003 @ 15:32PM — Eric Olsen

I LIKE Terry Gross, I just hate her hair. I like Carol fine as an actress, just something about her Carol Burnett Show persona rubs me the wrong way. Her cast of ding dongs didn't help. Maybe it's the mime/clown aspect. I hate mimes and don't usually like clowns.

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