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Carl's Morning Quiz
Carl's Morning Quiz: We just heard several selections--a song, an orchestral work, and an excerpt--from Shakespeare's play The Tempest. The main character, Prospero, is a sorcerer who lives on an island. But before the play begins, Prospero is overthrown from his previous position. What was Prospero's former position? Answer >>
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Alan Gilbert on Bach’s Mass in B minor
The B minor Mass was written over a 35-year span, and never performed as a complete and distinct work during Bach's lifetime. The original was preserved by the composer's son, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, who made some editorial changes and had the work copied. In spite of intense curiosity from the likes of Haydn more...
Listen to NEIU Jewel Box Concerts On-Demand
Hear Susan Tang in a recital given during the 2012-2013 Jewel Box Concerts at Northeastern Illinois University. Dr. Tang studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and currently teaches at NEIU. There will be four recitals offered for on-demand listening from NEIU’s 2012-2013 season. more...
All Wagner, All Day on Wednesday
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of one of music’s most loved, most influential, and most polarizing composers. With his music dramas, Richard Wagner boldly abandons convention; he pursues a vision that reaches beyond 19th century concepts of structure, harmony, orchestration (even inventing new instruments); beyond social mores—beyond anything that more... more...
Inna Faliks Returns to Live from WFMT
A WFMT favorite "comes home" to perform on Live from WFMT. The Ukrainian-born pianist, Inna Faliks, was brought to the U.S. at the age of 10 by her mother. She was a student of the late Emilio del Rosario more...
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Mozart as a Burnished Bookend, Heartening to Young and Old
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center concluded its season Tuesday night at Alice Tully Hall with a convivial Mozart program.
Harold Shapero, American Neo-Classical Composer, Dies at 93
Mr. Shapero was a composer and a central figure of American Neo-Classicism, a school of composition that thrived in the 1940s and ’50s.
That Corner Spot? It’s Perfect for a Concert
Tertulia, a concert series meant to broaden the appeal of chamber music, combines dinner with a performance.
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