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Artists across the pop music spectrum, from Bon Iver and Sufjan Stevens to Solange Knowles and RZA, have made recent forays into music for ballet. Why now, and what’s changed about their music to accommodate the medium?
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Figure skating is a sport with deep ties to classical music. Here's what you'll hear at this year's ISU World Figure Skating Championships, taking place in Boston, MA. -
Spring has sprung, and with it comes a riot of fiddle, a lo-fi re-imagining, and at least two GRAMMY Awards in the Instant Replay. -
If you've never made the trek to Symphony Hall, you're not alone. Join WCRB host Phil Jones on his first ever visit to hear the BSO, and get ready to make YOUR Symphony Hall debut! -
Edwin Barker, Principal Double Bassist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, illuminates the connection between Serge Koussevitzky's chosen instrument and its impact on the history of the BSO.
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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. -
The Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Mozart’s stunning final work with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and a collection of sensational soloists. -
On WCRB In Concert with the Handel and Haydn Society, mystically beautiful works by Hildegard von Bingen and Raffaela Aleotti are framed by Haydn's Symphony No. 49 and Mozart's "Coronation" Mass.
From NPR Music
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Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans. -
On his new album, the British keyboardist offers both engaging and entertaining contemporary works for the misunderstood instrument.
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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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