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Pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy is not quite sure what's more amazing - that Beethoven wrote so many remarkable pieces of music, or that h...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :22
It took a nudge from his father to finally get Steven Isserlis to record the Bach Cello Suites. He was in his late 40's. For Steven Isserlis, the...
- Added: Jul 31, 2008
- Length: :18
There's a reason you hear some pieces of music everywhere - in elevators, hotel lobbies, while you're on hold with customer service and as the brid...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :25
When pianist Orli Shaham walks on stage to perform, she always says the same two words to her musical partner before playing the first note: "Have...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :21
As one builds and then maintains a career, there's the hope we'll maintain enough of the passion that initially inspired our career choice. It's n...
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: :22
In the collection of Bach piano pieces known as the Well-Tempered Clavier, you're most likely hearing a perfect piece of musical construction. But...
- Added: Feb 29, 2008
- Length: :25
Although musicians, critics and academics set high benchmarks for performing, most have come to terms with the fact that no performance will ever b...
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: :26
The Bach Suites for Solo Cello are the cellist's bible and yet their existence is shrouded in mystery. Cellist Steven Isserlis is happy to specula...
- Added: Feb 25, 2008
- Length: :22
All performers face numerous pressures, from career choices to wardrobe selection. Young musicians and teenage actors are often pressed to grow up...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :22
When you play before an audience, you're focused on reaching the people in the front row all the way to the person sitting in the last seat of the ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :21
Pianist Murray Perahia devoted a number of years to only studying and playing Bach. It was a time of great learning and healing in his life as be ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :27
Finding ways to keep music fresh is a performing musician's ongoing challenge, especially with a work they've played hundreds of times. Cellist Yo...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :28
The Silk Road Tour is cellist Yo-Yo Ma's ongoing quest to discover the cultural connections covering the large swath of land between the Mediterran...
- Added: Dec 31, 2007
- Length: :32
When composer John Adams attends a concert that features his music, he looks forward to hearing what the audience has to say -- as long as they don...
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- Added: Sep 30, 2007
- Length: :17
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Many recordings these days are made from live concert performances. The pressure and excitement of a live setting often brings out a more spontane...
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- Added: Aug 01, 2007
- Length: :22
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If you're a horn player, Mozart's a likely hero. He wrote four gorgeous concertos for horn plus some shorter solo pieces. Admirers of Mozart's ho...
- Added: Jul 30, 2007
- Length: :33
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If you've heard or read only one thing about Haydn, it's probably that he is the undisputed "Father of the Symphony". Conductor Roy Goodman thinks...
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- Added: Jul 30, 2007
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Traditionally, composers have gone beyond their own national boundaries for their creative inspiration. One composer who frequently thought and co...
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- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: :29
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Violinist Gil Shaham is spending much of this year playing Brahms. Whether it's the Sonatas, the Violin Concerto or the Double Concerto, it's alwa...
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- Added: May 30, 2007
- Length: :28
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When you love your work, it's more than just a "job." And that's certainly the case with many musicians, including violinist Gil Shaham (SHAH-hahm)...
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- Added: May 31, 2007
- Length: :32
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Who comes first, the composer or the performer? Despite his best intentions, violinist Gil Shaham says it's impossible to stay personally detache...
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- Added: May 29, 2007
- Length: :28
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Prokofiev's two Violin Sonatas, in music and mood, represent the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of Violin Sonatas. The first is dark and even contains a ...
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- Added: May 29, 2007
- Length: :18
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Johannes Brahms came out of retirement to write four major works for the clarinet, including a quintet for Clarinet and Strings. Clarinetist Richa...
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- Added: May 01, 2007
- Length: :30
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Yolanda Kondonassis talks about one of classical music's most nurturing and resonating relationships -- the one between French composer Claude Debu...
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- Added: Mar 02, 2007
- Length: :31
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"Assume nothing," says harpist Yolanda Kondonassis. Just because the harp has been linked to the angels, she adds, doesn't mean the harp and its p...
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- Added: Mar 01, 2007
- Length: :31
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