Steinway & Sons Collection, La Guardia and Wagner Archives, LaGCC, CUNY
During the Second World War, American piano factories were put to work churning out aircraft parts... until a morale boost was needed, and the G.I. Piano was born.
Ebru Yildiz: McLorin Salvant; Noah Elliott Morrison: Tines; Rene Huemer: Baptista
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These musical picks are as colorful as the falling foliage in this month's Instant Replay! -
Boston Baroque's new Music Director Marc Minkowski talks ABBA, Haydn's The Seasons, and the responsibility of taking up the baton from Boston Baroque founder Martin Pearlman. -
A fall potpourri of rediscovered favorites, new releases, and futures unknown in September's Instant Replay. -
Before fighting for her people as the last sovereign of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani was a musician and a composer.
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On WCRB In Concert with Vivo Performing Arts, the Takács Quartet performs Haydn’s luminous “Sunrise” quartet, Beethoven’s second "Razumovsky" quartet, and Nokuthula Ngwenyama's "Flow," inspired by the pulse of the universe. -
On The Bach Hour, Bálint Karosi performs the composer's music on a masterpiece of an organ, and Sergey Schepkin is the pianist in the Partita No. 3, both recorded in landmark spaces in Boston's Back Bay. -
On WCRB In Concert with Boston Baroque, Minkowski conducts Haydn's "The Seasons" as Boston Baroque’s first new Music Director in more than 50 years.
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The two-time Grammy-nominated Neave Trio celebrates the diverse voices that have shaped, and been shaped by, American musical traditions.
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GBH Music and Emmanuel Music showcase the radiant spirit of J.S. Bach's music for the season, featuring his Christmas Oratorio.
From NPR Music
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Modest in his demeanor but remarkably enduring, the American-born, Swedish conductor continually fell in love with music, leading orchestras with no-nonsense insight and integrity well into his 90s. -
With music by Missy Mazzoli, George Saunders' award-winning Civil War novel comes to surreal life in a stage adaptation making its world premiere at The Metropolitan Opera.
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On The Bach Hour, Bálint Karosi performs the composer's music on a masterpiece of an organ, and Sergey Schepkin is the pianist in the Partita No. 3, both recorded in landmark spaces in Boston's Back Bay.
What makes an opera performance great? GBH Music partnered with Boston Lyric Opera, New England Conservatory of Music, and legendary opera singers Patricia Racette, Susan Graham, and Davóne Tines to explore an extraordinary art form.
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