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Top Shows at Strathmore for 2010
"Strathmore Presents" saw 11 sellouts; "Requiem" topped the National Philharmonic's list
Once again this year, the Music Center at Strathmore brought international touring acts to North Bethesda and performances from the arts center's partner organizations.
The year's top sellers in the 1,976-seat Concert Hall highlighted the center's diverse offerings, from singer-songwriter Roseanne Cash to South African a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo to the National Philharmonic's performance of Brahm's "Requiem."
The following lists, compiled from reports from Strathmore and from two of its partner organizations, are for shows at the Music Center at Strathmore between Jan. 1 and Dec. 15, 2010:
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"Strathmore Presents" Sellouts for 2010 Peking Acrobats Feb. 26 Ladysmith Black Mambazo March 3 A Year with Frog and Toad March 14 Patti LuPone April 24 Nancy Wilson May 7 Rosanne Cash and Mark O'Connor: Poets and Prophets May 8 Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Tour May 19 Ledisi Oct. 2 Chuck Berry Oct. 22 Kris Kristofferson Nov. 13 Dave Koz and Friends: A Smooth Jazz Christmas 2010 Dec. 6 10 Best-Selling National Philharmonic Performances Performance Tickets distributed* Date Berlioz's "Requiem" 1,657 Nov. 6 Handel's "Messiah" 1,625 Dec. 11 Handel's "Messiah" 1,536 Dec. 12 Dvorak's "New World" Symphony 1,461 Oct. 23 Polish Masters with Piotr Paleczny 1,429 May 22 Russian Evening with Leon Fleisher 1,311 Jan. 30 Russian Evening with Leon Fleisher 1,300 Jan. 31 All Brahms with Chee-Yun 1,272 March 20 Brahms's "Requiem" 1,251 March 27 Mahler's "Resurrection" 1,240 Oct. 3 *Tickets distributed includes tickets sold, comped and children's free tickets. 10 Best-Selling Washington Performing Arts Society Performances* Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk performing works by Bach, Saint-Saëns, Schumann and RavelÂ
March 3 The Philadelphia Orchestra with pianist Nikolai Lugansky performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3
May 26 Mitsuko Uchida performing Mozart and Schumann
April 21 Radu Lupu performing works by Janácek, Beethoven and Schubert Jan. 27 Emanuel Ax performing works by Schubert and Chopin Nov. 10 Denyce Graves performing a varied program June 13 Andás Schiff playing Schumann  Oct. 20 Tokyo String Quartet with Jeremy Denk performing Mozart, Barber and Dvorák Nov. 21  Takács String Quartet performing Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann April 16 Vladimir Feltsman performing Haydn, Beethoven and Mussorgsky March 26 *WPAS does not release ticket sale numbers
March 3 The Philadelphia Orchestra with pianist Nikolai Lugansky performing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3
May 26 Mitsuko Uchida performing Mozart and Schumann
April 21 Radu Lupu performing works by Janácek, Beethoven and Schubert Jan. 27 Emanuel Ax performing works by Schubert and Chopin Nov. 10 Denyce Graves performing a varied program June 13 Andás Schiff playing Schumann  Oct. 20 Tokyo String Quartet with Jeremy Denk performing Mozart, Barber and Dvorák Nov. 21  Takács String Quartet performing Haydn, Beethoven and Schumann April 16 Vladimir Feltsman performing Haydn, Beethoven and Mussorgsky March 26 *WPAS does not release ticket sale numbers

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