Now Adored, It Took 200 Years for Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos to Hit Their Stride. Here’s Why.
A job application, an overwhelmed orchestra, and a shocking true story behind one of classical music's best loved works.
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Playlist: Classical Music for Easter Sunday
Looking for the perfect accompaniment for your Easter Sunday? We've got you covered with this playlist with everything from Bach to Irving Berlin.
Video: Chicago Area Young Artists Bridge Continents with Cello Collaboration
Two young Chicago-area cellists have risen to the challenge of social distancing, bringing together 24 young artists from around the world for one moving performance.
CSO to Premiere Video of Beethoven’s 9th for Facebook Streaming
This Sunday, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will host a Facebook premiere for a video recording of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 from its archives, in part because it is "widely recognized as one of music’s most powerful and inspiring works."
Still scarred, Notre Dame lives anew in coronavirus crisis
Just days before the first anniversary of the inferno that ravaged the beloved Paris landmark, the French capital’s archbishop led Good Friday celebrations unlike any that have gone before inside the centuries-old jewel of Gothic architecture.
Long Distance Music Saves the (Wedding) Day!
How some creative thinking helped give a wedding live stream the music it needed.
How do Broadway stars cope with silent theaters? They sing
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus silenced Broadway. It could not silence two of its rising stars: Samantha Pauly and Brittney Mack, who play two wives of Henry VIII in the musical "Six."
From the Opera House to Your House: Ryan Opera Center Artists Bring Music Home
Keeping busy and enjoying great music are some of the best ways to get through COVID-19 quarantining. Ryan Opera Center artists have been doing both in a series of homemade performance videos.
John Prine Dies, Rich Warren Pays Tribute
John Prine, who began his career in Chicago, exhibited the ability to wring every possible meaning from a word to expose the joy, sorrow, frailty, and strength of the human condition.
Edgar Allan Poe, Leonard Slatkin, Vincent Price Team Up for an Orchestral Take on ‘The Raven’
As an outsized figure in literature and poetry, Poe has inspired composers like Debussy, Rachmaninoff, Philip Glass, and composer-conductor Leonard Slatkin, who set Poe's "The Raven" to music in 1971.
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While we may not be able to gather in our communities, we’re still using music to bring our community together. Please send us your suggestions for pieces we can play for our listeners around the world.
