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Agata Zubel, Contemporary Music’s Multiple Threat
With her right hand on her hip, Agata Zubel stood in front of a large black music stand, listening intently to the conversation between the members of eighth blackbird, a six-piece Chicago-based ensemble working on the contemporary classical piece “Madrigal,” by the French composer Christophe Bertrand.
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Chopin's Gravest Fear
Chopin died in 1849 and was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. His heart, however, was taken out and taken to Warsaw. Was it because he wanted part of him to rest eternally in his lost homeland, or was there a more macabre reason?
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Breaking Down Chopin's 24 Preludes
Chopin's 24 Preludes are universally recognized as some of the composer's most characteristic works. Not only are they quintessential of his style, but are also deeply tied with upheavals in Chopin's personal life at the time.
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Vogel Staar
On Mozart's Feathered Collaborator. By Elena Passarello.
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Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
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How to be good? Getting to grips with Billy Budd
Baritone Roderick Williams is rehearsing the role of Billy Budd in Britten’s opera. He’s more used to playing villains – so how is he breathing life into ‘an angel’?
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Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"?
Light, bright, and cheerful, "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi is some of the most familiar of all early 18th century music, featured in numerous films and television commercials. But what is its significance, and why does it sound that way? Betsy Schwarm uncovers the underlying narrative of this musical masterpiece.
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Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"? - Betsy Schwarm
Light, bright, and cheerful, "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi is some of the most familiar of all early 18th century music, featured in numerous films and television commercials. But what is its significance, and why does it sound that way? Betsy Schwarm uncovers the underlying narrative of this musical masterpiece.
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Bad Romance
Asturia Electric String Quartet covering Lady Gaga
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Bach’s Holy Dread
The composer has long been seen as a symbol of divine order. But his music has an unruly obsession with God.
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Les yeux noirs / Dark eyes / Очи чёрные - Piano variations (with sheet music)
What a nice interpretation of a popular gypsy tune: "Dark Eyes' variations for piano by AuCafeDeLaMarmotte.
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Happy birthday to composer Ryuichi Sakamoto!
This is his concert arrangement for his composition "Rain".
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Decoding the music masterpieces: Bach's The Art of Fugue
Johann Sebastian Bach's The Art of Fugue is a work of high art. But in keeping with the late works of artists such as Shakespeare, Beethoven and Goya, it contains elements of pathos, humour, gravity, exuberance and tragedy.
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Ditch the Stradivarius? New violins sound better: study
Despite the lofty reputation of old violins by Italian masters such as Antonio Stradivari, blindfolded listeners in concert halls in New York and Paris say they preferred the sound of newer instruments.
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Charlie Siem plays 'Estrellita' with Il Novecento Orchestra.
English contemporary classical violinist
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In Warsaw, With Chopin as Muse
Through the great Polish composer, finding a deeper understanding and appreciation of a city that is an oft-overlooked gold mine for budget travelers.
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YuMi taking the stage
In one of the most beautiful theaters of Italian tradition, Maestro Bocelli sang as YuMi directed “La Donna è Mobile,” the famous aria from Verdi’s “Rigoletto.” YuMi continued conducting as soloist Maria Luigia Borsi sang the classic soprano aria “O mio babbino caro” from “Gianni Schicchi” by Puccini.
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Frédéric Chopin, Ballade No. 1 G-Minor, Opus 23
Olga Scheps
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Decoding the music masterpieces: Bach’s Six Solo Cello Suites
Johann Sebastian Bach was 30 when he became head of music in Anhalt-Cöthen, in what is now Germany. Here he started an uncharted experiment in classical music: solo works for string instruments.
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Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Valentina Evgenievna Lisitsa
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