The King's Singers: Tiny Desk Concert
Fifty years ago, a group of six guys walked on a London stage to perform for the first time as The King's Singers. They were choral scholars and graduates from King's College, part of England's...
View ArticleChristian Tetzlaff: Don't Mind Me, I'm Just The Violinist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L81y3uqZYlk Christian Tetzlaff is one of today's most in-demand violinists. But he didn't reach the top ranks with backing from a big record label or with promotion from...
View ArticleAfter Criticism, Philadelphia Orchestra Adds Female Composers To Its New Season
In June, NPR reported the Philadelphia Orchestra's admission that it had not programmed a single piece of music composed by a woman for its upcoming 2018-19 season. Jeremy Rothman, the orchestra's vice...
View ArticleLeading Orchestra Fires Conductor After Sexual Misconduct Allegations Widen
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam, considered one of the world's top orchestras, has fired its conductor, Daniele Gatti, after two women publicly accused him of sexual misconduct. A...
View ArticleNew Music, New Stories From Century-Old Celluloid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA1JhSnPiUE When crumbling reels of century-old silent film are paired with brand new music something magical and dreamlike can happen. The latest collaboration between...
View ArticleGot 'Mambo'? A Playlist For Leonard Bernstein Fanatics And First-Timers
There has never been an American dynamo remotely like Leonard Bernstein . The composer, conductor, pianist, creator of musicals, educator, political maven and raconteur seemed to spin on his axis...
View ArticleGeorge Walker, Trailblazing American Composer, Dies At 96
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W17alPNaVfY Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, pianist and educator George Walker has died at the age of 96. Walker's death was first announced to NPR by one of his family...
View ArticleLife With Leonard Bernstein
Jamie Bernstein can't call her childhood a typical one. On any given weekend, she might find Lauren Bacall, Isaac Stern, Richard Avedon, Mike Nichols, Stephen Sondheim , Lillian Hellman or Sidney Lumet...
View ArticleRenée Fleming, America's Go-To Diva, To Sing At McCain Memorial In Washington
Renée Fleming is becoming America's go-to singer. The celebrated soprano, who has performed at a broad range of high-profile events off the opera stage, is scheduled to sing at Senator John McCain's...
View ArticleGeorge Li: Tiny Desk Concert
When George Li, the 23-year-old American pianist, revealed his Tiny Desk setlist, one thought came to mind: How will these powerhouse showstoppers sound on an upright piano? The music he intended to...
View Article'They Fed Me To The Beast': Joni Mitchell At The Isle Of Wight Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgtLZCe-GSM "A bit of a disaster" is how Joni Mitchell described an out-of-control August afternoon in 1970, when she gave a courageous performance at England's Isle of...
View ArticleAnthony Roth Costanzo: Tiny Desk Concert
Anthony Roth Costanzo is a feisty performer who knows a thing or two about busting down barriers in classical music. After all, opera singers don't normally belt out arias behind office desks, and they...
View ArticleErasing Genres En Español: A Smoky-Voiced Jazz Singer Meets Classical Strings
Magos Herrera is a jazz singer from Mexico, but she has also sung pop songs with Brazilian beats and crooned Mexican classics with a touch of rock. Herrera takes another adventuresome step on her new...
View Article'The Planets' At 100: A Listener's Guide To Holst's Solar System
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7uEyyNIT4 One hundred years ago, a symphonic blockbuster was born in London. The Planets , by Gustav Holst , premiered on this date in 1918. The seven-movement suite,...
View ArticleBach On Tap Shoes: Tiptoeing Through The 'Goldberg Variations'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mxNgyuJsvc Although Johann Sebastian Bach was probably no tap-dancer, he did know something about dancing. The gigues , menuets and courantes that populate his various...
View ArticleMacArthur Fellow Matthew Aucoin Talks Composing And Donating His 'Genius' Money
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mPiwCoIr1Y Composer Matthew Aucoin has earned one of the most prestigious awards in the arts and sciences. Wednesday he was announced as a 2018 MacArthur Fellow, a...
View ArticleOne Mesmerizing Moment With Soprano Montserrat Caballé
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gzuk7yCQkw Like every other opera fanatic, I was saddened Saturday to learn of the death of Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé. She is among the last of a breed of old...
View ArticleDreaming Of Rachmaninov On A Train
Until recently, most classical music videos have been humdrum affairs. Musicians, in concert attire, earnestly produce their notes with eyes closed and heads tilted in a beatific expression, somewhere...
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