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Transcript: Going Out On A Glissando: BSO Harpist Retires
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MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
10-01-2009
Going Out On A Glissando: BSO Harpist Retires
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Time 21:00-22:00 PM
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Carnegie Hall in New York kicks off its season tonight with a new work by the prolific Hollywood composer John Williams. Williams wrote it specifically for Ann Hobson Pilot. For the past 40 years, she has been the principal harpist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She was the first African-American woman to win a seat with the BSO and one of the first in any major symphony. Now she is retiring. Andrea Shea of ...
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