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On a warm New York night in August, 2007, an unknown pianist went to bed not knowing that she was about to become an overnight sensation. Her name...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :25
Pianist Rafal Blechacz is from Poland, so it’s perhaps natural he would play a lot of Chopin, Poland’s most famous composer. But there are other r...
- Added: Apr 27, 2010
- Length: :27
In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The traditional view is that the s...
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- Added: Mar 31, 2010
- Length: :31
- Purchases: 1
The Piano Sonata No 2 by Chopin is best known for the funeral march in the third movement. That march has been immortalized from its appearances i...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :23
In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter. The tradition and traditional view...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :19
The young pianist from China, Yuja Wang is generating considerable excitement for her playing and astounding technical mastery of composers like Ra...
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- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :18
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Although we primarily think of Bach as a composer and the ultimate keyboard player, he also played the violin. Hilary Hahn has been playing Bach t...
- Added: Feb 26, 2010
- Length: :27
Small or "soft" are not concepts we normally associate with Beethoven's music, and especially the Beethoven Piano Concertos. Pianist Till Fellner ...
- 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
- Purchases: 1
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 Music of yesteryear a glimpse into the music and publishing business
- Added: Dec 06, 2009
- Length: 28:01
Percussionist Evelyn Glennie had formal music training all her life, including attending the Royal Academy of Music in London. Still, some of her ...
- 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
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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Violinist Joshua Bell has a CD – "At Home with Friends" – where he recaptures the musical get-togethers he hosts in his Manhattan home with friends...
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :22
There are coffee breaks, lunch breaks, and at one point in his career, conductor Lorin Maazel found the need to take a Mahler break. Use this 28 s...
- Added: Oct 30, 2009
- Length: :28
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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Since leaving the New York Philharmonic in 2009, conductor Lorin Maazel has been as busy as ever, but never too busy to look back at his seven year...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: :27
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No one's perfect – even virtuosos like violinist Joshua Bell make mistakes on stage. Throughout his career, he's learned to prioritize his flubs a...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2009
- Length: :26
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Perfect Pitch, Autism, and Savants. Is there a music connection? Therapist Susan Rancer, RMT shares her experiences.
- Added: Oct 24, 2009
- Length: 29:03
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
