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Carl's Morning Quiz: William Shakespeare was born on this date in in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564—450 years ago today. Next week, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre will open a production of the same Shakespeare play which launched Chicago Shakespeare Theatre in 1986. What is it? Answer >>
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The Many Lives of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare is regarded by many to be the greatest English language writer. He translates well, too. Giuseppe Verdi supposedly kept the complete Shakespeare (in Italian) beside his bed. This week on Exploring Music, Bill McGlaughlin explores the synergies between Shakespeare's words and different composers around the world more...
Pianist Says ‘Technically Simple’ Can Be the Hardest
Valencian pianist Josu de Solaun offers perspective on what makes a piece hard. The "Rach 3," the Third Piano Concerto of Sergei Rachmaninoff is famous for having fistfuls of notes; it was written to be played by the huge hands of the composer himself at Carnegie Hall more...
Earth Day 2014: A Composer’s Habitat
One only has to hear Vivaldi's Goldfinch Concerto from 1728, or selections from John Dowland's 16th century songbooks to know that the celebration of nature is as old as the hills. Tuesday, April 22 is Earth Day 2014. WFMT's celebration will include Richard Strauss's epic tone poem An Alpine Symphony more...
Dozens of Stars, One Teacher
DeLayed Reaction: there are thousands of music schools throughout the world, few can claim a teacher having the cachet of Dorothy DeLay. Teacher to Itzhak Perlman, Midori, and Gil Shaham, the gentle lady from Kansas became a kingmaker from her studio at the Juilliard School, a teaching career that more...
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Review: Conductor Rescues a Puccini Classic
“Manon Lescaut,” which has had several recent productions, has something to offer to those who love Puccini and to those who don’t.
From Liszt’s Soliloquies to Labor Blues
Gilles Vonsattel played works by Beethoven, George Benjamin, Liszt, Messiaen, Heinz Holliger and Frederic Rzewski on Friday at Bargemusic.
Dryly Sharing a Stage and Musicians, but Little Else
The Miller Theater’s Bach, Revisited series continued with a program of works by Bach and Joan Tower, although the latter composer saw little connection between their respective music.
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