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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.

     

Polly Want An Ostinato?

Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence.

     

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.

     

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.

     

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.

     

Will Work For Feed

Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence.

     

Come Dance The 'Rite Of Spring' With Us!

We're inviting you to create your own video using the last minute of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. Dance it, animate it, improvise it, whatever you like — and then upload your creation to YouTube before May 28th. We'll be featuring some of the best videos on NPR Music in the weeks ahead.

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Music Library Reviews: Chopin, Beethoven and Isadora Zebeljan

In this series, Classical 91.7's music librarian Chris Hathaway reviews new additions to our ever-growing CD library. This month, Chris reviews new releases featuring works of Chopin, Beethoven and Isadora Zebeljan.


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Today in Music History

coming up on Performance Today

weekdays at 10am

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coming up on SymphonyCast

sundays at 8pm

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coming up on Pipedreams

sundays at 6am

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coming up on Exploring Music

weekdays at 7pm

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, [...]

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sundays at 6pm

Show 271: Listening Guide

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, […]

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