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"Everybody's a critic," as the saying goes – and that's true now more than ever, according to percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Use this 24 second cli...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
Some musicians emote and move around on stage more than others. There’s nothing wrong with classical music performers putting on a show, but violi...
- Added: Nov 29, 2010
- Length: :26
One of the things you might notice in recordings conducted by Mark Elder – especially with English music – is tempo. He plays British music faster...
- Added: Oct 27, 2010
- Length: :24
Bach’s music often incorporated steps and rhythms from the dance music of his day. And often he was writing actual dance music, like a gavotte or ...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :20
Do you remember the Sam Cooke song from the 50s about not knowing music much about history, biology and trigonometry? Like many performers, pianis...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :26
(March 21st is Bach's birthday.) There are many ways to celebrate Bach musically. If you're a cellist, you probably thank your lucky stars every ...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
Conductor Arturo Toscanini was known as the poster child for bad behavior on the podium. Fortunately, the days of the yelling, screaming, raging t...
- Added: Mar 02, 2009
- Length: :25
The political difficulties that ruled the life of Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovich were more than just minor aggravations. His refusal to fol...
- Added: Sep 30, 2008
- Length: :27
When the soloist and orchestra are playing a concerto, who's in charge? Is it the soloist, the conductor - the orchestra? Someone has to make sur...
- Added: May 31, 2008
- Length: :20
Listening to brass music by Giovanni Gabrieli is a lesson in rich harmonies and inventive melodies. Gabrieli's music is also a lesson in sound, as...
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- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: :23
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Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet has recorded nearly every piano work by Erik Satie. His music could be melancholy and mysterious. Thibaudet says Sati...
- Added: Mar 31, 2008
- Length: :23
If you're a well established performer, writer or artist of any kind, you're likely to have your fans tell you they like your early work the best. ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2007
- Length: :20
If you've ever lived next door to a musician, or lived under the same roof, you're more than familiar with the musician's practicing routine. That...
- Added: Jun 30, 2008
- Length: :25
While some composers are inspired by nature and walks in the countryside, others approach it as a job where they show up and put pencil to music pa...
- Added: May 29, 2009
- Length: :22
