On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in music that reflects the complexity of belief through one of the composer's most brilliant works, written for Easter.
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Soft breezes to gusty winds have sparked the creative imaginations of writers of everything from children’s books to classical music!
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Joe Hisaishi’s film music finds new life in "Joe Hisaishi, A Symphonic Celebration" on the Deutsche Grammophon label, joining the ranks of legendary classical musicians including Leonard Bernstein, Max Richter, and John Williams.
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The Boston Symphony's Resident Fellowship Program for Early Career Musicians answers the call of change for American orchestras, and its first participants describe their experiences.
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Beautiful voices, fuzzy guitars, and a soundtrack for clandestine activities. Gather the intelligence in this month's Instant Replay.
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On The Bach Hour, the Los Angeles-based violinist performs both parts - each on a different Stradivarius instrument - of one of the composer’s most dramatic concertos.
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The Boston Symphony Orchestra and violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann perform Elgar, and Dima Slobodeniouk returns to conduct Hailstork and Stravinsky.
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On The Bach Hour, organist Balint Karosi joins host Brian McCreath with rich context for his performance of the composer's magisterial collection called Clavierübung, Part III.
From NPR Music
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The late American composer John Cage left it up to the performer to decide how long his work, Organ2/ASLSP, should take. A group in Germany is testing the limits.
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The pioneering Japanese-American conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly decades died Tuesday.
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On The Bach Hour, Ton Koopman leads Amsterdam Baroque in music that reflects the complexity of belief through one of the composer's most brilliant works, written for Easter.
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