WASHINGTON — Seeking spiritual solace, I washed ashore at the John F. Kennedy Center’s concert hall. Yes, I loved the crashing chords of the “Organ Symphony” by Saint-Saens and the lyrical light notes of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. “The Star-Spangled Banner,” not so much.

Readers, President Donald Trump’s new regime at the beloved center decreed the National Symphony Orchestra must stand and play the national anthem before every concert. How dissonant. Ballparks and stadiums are fine venues for that tune, but classical music is an international language.

Enter stage left: the renowned French conductor Louis Langree. This is just one more way Trump leaves his fingerprints on our city scene, after tearing down the White House East Wing. In another incursion, Trump will take over the

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