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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 remarkable true story behind one of classical music’s best loved works.

Associated PressOctober 11, 2019

Late opera star Jessye Norman’s US hometown honors her life

Panelist Sister Helen Prejean speaks while composer Jake Heggie listens in front of an audience at a Lyric Opera-held discussion

Keegan MorrisOctober 10, 2019

Video: Jake Heggie and Sister Helen Prejean Talk ‘Dead Man Walking’

Keegan MorrisOctober 9, 2019

Video: Pianist Lucas Krupinski Plays Schubert, Chopin, Ravel

NY Philharmonic to resume subscription performance Sept. 17

Associated PressJune 15, 2021

Following a historic 18-month gap, the NY Phil will present a shortened schedule in a season shifted from Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall while the orchestra's home is remodeled.

Famous German boys’ choir to add separate choir for girls

Associated PressJune 15, 2021

One of Germany's most famous Catholic boys' choirs plans to establish a separate choral group for girls for the first time in its more than 1,000-year history.

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Marcello Giordani, tenor of beauty and heft, dies at 56

Associated PressOctober 6, 2019

Giordani had a heart attack at his home in Sicily.

‘Wow child’ is special guest of orchestra that inspired him

Associated PressOctober 4, 2019

BOSTON (AP) — A boy who charmed the world by exclaiming “Wow!” at the end of a classical music performance was a special guest of the orchestra that inspired his delight. The Boston Globe reports 9-year-old Ronan Mattin, of New Hampshire, and his grandparents attended a dress rehearsal at Boston’s Symphony Hall on Thursday as the Handel & Haydn Society ...

Get kids excited about classical music with these 11 Chicago area schools and organizations

Kylie Harwell

The school year is officially underway, and the sleepover requests and homework complaints have likely already started. Don’t fret, there are plenty of after-school options across the city that will keep students of all ages and interests engaged in music and off their phones … at least for an hour or two a week.

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