{"id":762,"date":"2011-10-01T13:07:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T17:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/?p=762"},"modified":"2011-10-01T13:07:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T17:07:56","slug":"hamsters-and-freebasing-anne-sophie-mutter-on-late-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2011\/10\/hamsters-and-freebasing-anne-sophie-mutter-on-late-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamsters and Freebasing: Anne-Sophie Mutter on ‘Late Night’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter performed on David Letterman to celebrate the release of her box set<\/a>, which Dave called, “the ideal hamster habitat.”<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the evening, Dave discussed crack and freebasing with Samuel L. Jackson, and a girl could only dream that he and Miss Mutter would cover the same topics. Mutter played with long-time collaborator, ex-husband, and Knight of the British Empire Andre Previn, and looked damn good in her little red dress.<\/p>\n

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Why musicians feel the need to play songs-they-think-people-want-to-hear on national television rather than Real Classical Music, I will never understand, but Mutter chose to perform, “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from (THE GERSHWIN’S, h\/t Sondheim) Porgy and Bess. <\/em>It just seems like a wasted opportunity, and the unwashed masses are drawn to virtuosity in any field more than we think.<\/p>\n

Regardless, congrats again to Mutter and her team. More classical music on the TV, please!<\/p>\n

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And speaking of classical musicians on TV, Gustavo Dudamel and Kim Kardashian are in a commercial together. I can’t hardly wait for their joint Sears clothing line.
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