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(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
The Bach Suites for Solo Cello are revered by cellists. Many call them their "Bible." One of those Bach Bible-toting cellists is Zuill Bailey. He...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :21
Pianist Yuja Wang plays the monumental – some might even call it “larger than life" – Piano Sonata by Liszt on her debut CD. Historically, the Son...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :25
Like most of his countrymen and women, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski is proud of Chopin's Polish connection, but he says Chopin has other conne...
- Added: Feb 22, 2010
- Length: 01:13
It's not unusual for a well known guitarist to play and record the most famous guitar concerto of all time, the Concierto di Aranjuez by Joaquin Ro...
- Added: Apr 30, 2009
- Length: :19
Among the many colors, sounds or inflections a clarinetist can draw from their instrument is a sense of nostalgia. That makes the Autumn Song by T...
- Added: Dec 30, 2008
- Length: :32
When violinist Joshua Bell plays or records with an orchestra, he has a couple of priorities and preferences for those who join him on stage or in ...
- Added: Nov 14, 2008
- Length: :24
Percussion brings a certain foundation to the orchestral repertoire; it can also add character, drama and tension. Conductor Herbert Blomstedt is ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :21
When guitarist Manuel Barrueco teamed up with conductor and tenor Placido Domingo to record the famous guitar concertos by Rodrigo, along with some...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
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What are the ingredients that go into a successful performance? Guitarist Manuel Barrueco says once you have the notes under your belt, it’s time ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
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Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 is subtitled the “Ode to Joy.” His Symphony No. 8 doesn’t have a subtitle or nickname, but conductor Herbert Blomstedt ...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
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Swedish composer Carl Nielsen offers us a vast range of musical colors and tapestries. The music can be beautiful and entertaining, but conductor ...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :25
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The New York Philharmonic commissioned composer John Adams to write a new work for the first anniversary of 9/11. Instead of writing music for tho...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
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It started out as the slow movement for a string quartet, but with the help of a major film, and its presence at prominent national events, Samuel ...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
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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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The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra operates under a management approach known as “collective leadership.” Conductor Robert Spano is clearly in charge,...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
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Olli Mustonen is one of the few pianists who plays Rachmaninoff’s massive Piano Sonata No. 1. It’s typical Rachmaninoff: technically challenging, ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :27
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
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Whether you're making a speech or a presentation in public, you hope you've got some friends in the audience. That extra support is something viol...
- Added: Nov 01, 2008
- Length: :21
It might not have been a "fly on the wall" moment, but it would be interesting to know who spoke first when three leading classical music soloists,...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :28
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Brahms knew how to make an entrance. After a stormy orchestral introduction, the violin enters with plenty of fire and electricity. But like all ...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
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Rachmaninoff is known for writing expressive and engaging melodies. That's certainly the case with his Elegiac Trio No. 1. Violinist Vadim Repin ...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
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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
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The Piano Trio by Tchaikovsky is somewhat bathed in sadness and melancholy – and for understandable reasons: it was written as a memorial for Tchai...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
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Many elements, obvious and not so obvious, distinguish one instrument from the other. But the one thing that makes playing a percussion instrument...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :22
