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Perspective – that magical line between the head and the heart. It’s something conductor Robert Spano tries to maintain whenever he conducts his f...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
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Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings has become the American anthem for peace and comfort during times of national sadness and loss. Barber also wro...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :20
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Tchaikovsky wrote his piano trio as a memorial tribute to a colleague, friend and mentor – Nicolay Rubinstein. In this musical memorial, violinist...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :30
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"Give 100 percent": that old saying and sports mantra has lost some of its meaning over time, but it's an approach and mentality that's still work...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
Bach's Goldberg Variations – now there's a piece of music where we could have a practically endless conversation, starting with the first few notes...
- Added: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: :24
Its subtitle is the "Elvira Madigan" Concerto, thanks to its presence in the obscure 1967 Swedish film by the same name. But Mozart's Piano Concer...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
There are hundreds of lists that designate the Top Ten or Top 100 of anything, from movies to books to restaurants. Classical music has its "best ...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
We tend to forget that composing requires advanced skills, in addition to its purely creative inspiration. That fusion of skill, craft and creativ...
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :23
As a young man, and a young composer, Beethoven used the piano as a laboratory, where he could experiment and try out new sounds and musical ideas....
- Added: Jun 27, 2009
- Length: :26
It was voted the Number One Song on the American Film Institute's list of the "100 Best Songs" used in film. The beauty and autobiographical senti...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :21
In almost every profession, some of the best work gets done away from the office. It's true for pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. He likes to work from h...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :23
Cuban guitarist Manuel Barrueco has been playing guitar and making music for more than 40 years. His love affair with the guitar began almost inno...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :22
It's wonderful to have a large circle of friends, but the best friends are those who stand by you – the ones who've "got your back." Pianist Jean-...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :18
After a stormy and almost raucous orchestral introduction, the clarinet makes a quiet, almost innocent entrance in the Concertino for Clarinet by C...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :31
On a few occasions, pianist Simone Dinnerstein gets herself into trouble on the concert stage. Nothing too serious, but the difficulty usually beg...
- Added: Mar 31, 2009
- Length: :25
One of Brahms best known orchestral works is his "Variations on a Theme by Haydn." Although it's best known in its orchestral version, Brahms firs...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :21
"Who were your influences?" That's one of the questions artists and performers from all fields hate to be asked. It may have to do with how many ...
- Added: Dec 30, 2008
- Length: :26
Some concertos contain multiple technical and virtuosic challenges. Playing through them all can be an exhausting physical experience, similar to ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2008
- Length: :26
To get an orchestra of 60 or 100 players to play like one is the eternal challenge for a conductor. Every orchestra is different but conductor JoA...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :29
For some performers, making recordings is their bread and butter. Violinist Joshua Bell, on the other hand, is somewhat ambivalent about walking i...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :21
How do performers create and craft the direction of their interpretation of the music they perform? Pianist Lang Lang brings an active imagination...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :25
If you've ever seen the pianist Lang Lang play, you know he performs with great animation and enormous, physical gusto. Here's a little background...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :24
Dutch violinist Janine Jansen comes from a musical family, and "family time" meant playing chamber music at home. She says working in that more in...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :24
The Dutch violinist Janine Jansen has an all-Bach CD that includes the Partita Number 2. At the heart of the Partita is a slow and meditative move...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :24
The musician's life is a humbling up and down journey towards perfection, or at least musical expression on the highest level. If you don't get it...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :27
