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In an ordinary year, nothing could be more ordinary than this programs confluence of brand names.

Tears, yells, and standing ovations were probably a foregone conclusion, but the performers earned them anyway.
Wednesdays gala concert featured a passel of beginnings, and Beethovens da-da-da-DUH was only the last of them.
Then, suddenly, without pause … da-da-da-DUH.