McFerrin, Good and Fresh From: The Washington Post | Date: April 10, 2003 | Copyright 2003 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

On paper, the program of Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms," Barber's "Agnus Dei" and Bach's Cantata No. 80 that Bobby McFerrin conducted with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Choral Arts Society of Washington at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday was business as usual for the Passover-Easter season. Even McFerrin's astonishing four-octave vocal improvisations have become unsurprising, if welcome, fixtures at his appearances with major orchestras.

But -- for a noticeably young, hip and...

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