New Releases Jul. 1: Bach, Corelli, Bosmans
Music by J.S. Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, and Henriëtte Bosmans, plus Renaissance and contemporary polyphony and a tour of Eastern Europe through the prism of cello rep.
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After rescue, Gaza’s only grand piano makes public comeback
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – The only grand piano in the Gaza Strip has been played in public for the first time in a decade, following a complicated international restoration effort to fix the instrument after it was nearly destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. Some 300 fans attended the performance on Sunday, staring in awed silence as Japanese and ...
Plácido Domingo feted at Met Opera for his 50th anniversary
After portraying dozens of characters over a half-century on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House, Plácido Domingo got emotional being himself.
Quiz: Match the Composer to Their Favorite Food
Some composers ate to live, others lived to eat. Can you match the composer to his favorite food?
Playlist: Leonard Slatkin’s 10 Forgotten American Masterpieces
Many composers and pieces were received enthusiastically upon their premiere, only to have been forgotten or overlooked years later. Esteemed conductor Leonard Slatkin shares 10 forgotten works that deserve greater recognition.
Concert pianist, Marian Anderson protege Burton-Lyles dies
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Blanche Burton-Lyles, a concert pianist who was mentored by pioneering opera singer Marian Anderson, has died. She was 85. Burton-Lyles died of heart failure Monday at a rehabilitation center, according to Slater Funeral Home in Philadelphia. Burton-Lyles was born and raised in Philadelphia. She learned how to play classical piano at the age of 3. Burton-Lyles was ...
Playlist: 10 Latvian Composers You Should Know
Andris Nelsons, Mariss Jansons, Kristine Opolais: when we think of classical music in Latvia, most are either conductors or musicians. But Latvia also has an abundance of composers whose works you will want to hear.
Composer Lalo Schifrin says Oscar is an ‘amazing honor’
In over 50 years of work, he’s also racked up six Academy Award nominations — five for original score and one for original song — but has gone home empty-handed every time.
How Violinist Rachel Barton Pine Is Working To #ExpandTheCanon
In addition to the acclaim she has won for her interpretations of music by well-known composers like Bach, Handel, and Paganini, Rachel Barton Pine has long sought to include underrepresented composers in her repertoire.
Meet the pianist and statesman who helped secure Poland’s independence
Few other star concert pianists can boast that they fought for — and helped win — their country’s independence.
VIDEO | Aaron Copland appears on WTTW’s “John Callaway Interviews” in 1981
Enjoy this engaging two-part conversation between American composer Aaron Copland and John Calloway! This program of "John Calloway Interviews" aired on WFMT's sister station, WTTW, on September 14, 1981. Copland discusses his introduction to music, his forays into composing Hollywood scores, his relationship with critics, and more in this hourlong interview.
