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Performing music is probably one of the only professions where the longer you play, the better you get - the harder it gets. It's a phenomenon tha...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :18
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If there were a "supporting musician" category in Mozart's Piano Concertos, it would probably be the wind section, especially the clarinets. When ...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2007
  • Length: :15
  • Purchases: 1
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Some composers are influenced by other composers and earlier styles and trends. That was surely the case with Jean Sibelius, but conductor Herbert...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2007
  • Length: :41
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"Back Seat Drivers" are bad for those of us in the driver's seat, and they can be just as distracting for composers. Conductor Bernard Haitink tal...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :29
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Anton Bruckner's music is out of place, and maybe out of sync in our current fast-paced world. Conductor Bernard Haitink says Bruckner's luxurious...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :24
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Anton Bruckner's most popular work is his Symphony No.4, but conductor Bernard Haitink says he's under the spell of Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Use...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2007
  • Length: :19
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If you've heard or read only one thing about Haydn, it's probably that he is the undisputed "Father of the Symphony". Conductor Roy Goodman thinks...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2007
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
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Mozart originally conceived many of his Piano Concertos as works he would both play and conduct. Occasionally, pianist Maurizio Pollini performs t...

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 2
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If you're a conductor, it's helpful to have a living composer at your side to answer questions about their music that may come up during rehearsals...

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  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 1
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Before Pope John Paul II, Poland's most celebrated national hero was Frederic Chopin. His music was a source of inspiration and comfort for a coun...

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  • Added: Jun 25, 2007
  • Length: :27
  • Purchases: 1