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If you ever played piano, chances are you played at least one of the Two or Three-Part Inventions by Bach. Pianist Till Fellner says part of their...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :23
It's not unusual for performers to devote themselves to a short list of composers. Some have even taken a year off to only study and play one comp...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :23
Bach's short keyboard works are just that: short. You have to find the musical character quickly, otherwise the piece is over. When pianist Till...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :19
Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings has become the American anthem for peace and comfort during times of national sadness and loss. Barber also wro...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :20
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Olli Mustonen is one of the few pianists who plays Rachmaninoff’s massive Piano Sonata No. 1. It’s typical Rachmaninoff: technically challenging, ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :27
When guitarist Manuel Barrueco teamed up with conductor and tenor Placido Domingo to record the famous guitar concertos by Rodrigo, along with some...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :25
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Perspective – that magical line between the head and the heart. It’s something conductor Robert Spano tries to maintain whenever he conducts his f...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
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It started out as the slow movement for a string quartet, but with the help of a major film, and its presence at prominent national events, Samuel ...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :24
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The New York Philharmonic commissioned composer John Adams to write a new work for the first anniversary of 9/11. Instead of writing music for tho...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :30
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Swedish composer Carl Nielsen offers us a vast range of musical colors and tapestries. The music can be beautiful and entertaining, but conductor ...
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- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :25
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What are the ingredients that go into a successful performance? Guitarist Manuel Barrueco says once you have the notes under your belt, it’s time ...
- Added: Dec 31, 2009
- Length: :19
"Everybody's a critic," as the saying goes – and that's true now more than ever, according to percussionist Evelyn Glennie. Use this 24 second cli...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
"Give 100 percent": that old saying and sports mantra has lost some of its meaning over time, but it's an approach and mentality that's still work...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :24
Many elements, obvious and not so obvious, distinguish one instrument from the other. But the one thing that makes playing a percussion instrument...
- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :22
The Piano Trio by Tchaikovsky is somewhat bathed in sadness and melancholy – and for understandable reasons: it was written as a memorial for Tchai...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :28
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Tchaikovsky wrote his piano trio as a memorial tribute to a colleague, friend and mentor – Nicolay Rubinstein. In this musical memorial, violinist...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :30
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Brahms knew how to make an entrance. After a stormy orchestral introduction, the violin enters with plenty of fire and electricity. But like all ...
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- Added: Nov 30, 2009
- Length: :29
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Violinist Joshua Bell's CD "At Home with Friends" is an eclectic mix of classical music, Blue Grass, Jazz, Indian music and more. In a sense, this...
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :26
French pianist Pascal Roge enjoys a personal connection with French composers – not just because they come from French soil, but because they're so...
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- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :27
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Violinist Joshua Bell's CD "At Home with Friends" includes an appearance by composer and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rachmaninoff actually died ...
- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: :24
One of the beauties of classical music is that some things never go out of style. Use this 24 second clip to introduce harpist Catrin Finch playin...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :24
The PBS Series, "Keeping Score" returned with a series of three programs, each devoted to a single composer and one of their pivotal pieces of musi...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :26
One of the highpoints of Gustav Mahler's epic symphony – his Symphony No. 8, is a scene in the second part* of the Symphony. Three sopranos each t...
- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :28
Mahler's Symphony No. 8, known as the "Symphony of a Thousand," calls for three choruses, eight vocal soloists and a massive orchestra. Despite th...
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- Added: Sep 27, 2009
- Length: :26
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Bach's Goldberg Variations – now there's a piece of music where we could have a practically endless conversation, starting with the first few notes...
- Added: Sep 26, 2009
- Length: :24
