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Gods And Monsters: 5 Unforgettable Wagner Moments William Berger, author of Wagner Without Fear, guides us through five of his favorite Wagner moments — musical episodes that keep the composer's extraordinary dramas in our lives today. |
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Joshua Bell And Jeremy Denk On 'Song Travels' Connect the dots between classical music and standards with the dynamic violin-and-piano duo. |
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Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence. |
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Andris Nelsons Named Music Director Of The Boston Symphony   The announcement that the 34-year-old Latvian conductor is taking the reins of the ensemble puts an end to years of uncertainty at the storied orchestra, following James Levine's 2011 resignation. |
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Spring For Music: Detroit Symphony Orchestra At Carnegie Hall Pink Martini singer Storm Large joins Leonard Slatkin and the orchestra for Kurt Weill's satirical Seven Deadly Sins, in a program bookended by composers who straddled the turn of the last century. Slatkin says Maurice Ravel and Sergei Rachmaninov struggled with the idea of being 20th-century composers while having hearts and souls grounded in prior traditions. The orchestra performs Ravel's La valse and two lesser-known Rachmaninov works. |
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Spring For Music: National Symphony Orchestra At Carnegie Hall Hear an evening of exciting and intriguing 20th-century Russian music — including Shostkovich, Schnittke and Shchedrin — that pays tribute to the orchestra's late and longtime leader, conductor and cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. |
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Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence. |
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Music Library Reviews: Zemlinsky and Berg
In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews a new release by the Hans Graf and the Houston Symphony, featuring works by Zemlinsky and Berg.
Playlists for May 20-24: Wagner?s Ring Cycle
Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:02 +0000
Monday Weber: Overture fr. Der Freischütz (excerpt) Berlin Phil/Karajan EMI 64629 :57 Purchase Wagner: Das Rheingold (excerpts) Vienna Phil/Solti Lon 445 556-2 8:30, 2:18, 6:09, 2:30, 1:35, 4:33, 2:22, :32, 1:16, 1:07, 3:53, 6:15, 3:03 Purchase Tuesday Wagner: Die Walküre (excerpts) NY Met Opera Chorus & Orchestra/Levine DG 471678 1:56, :15, :48, 1:13, 14:50, 2:57, [...]
Mon, 13 May 2013 17:37:05 +0000
From the Top Show 271 was taped at the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts in New Albany, Ohio in March 2013. Learn what the performers have to say about their musical performances. Audrey Watkins, 16, flute III. Presto giocoso from Sonata for Flute and Piano By: Francis Poulenc This piece is extremely hormonal, […]
