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Opera’s Newest Voice: Meet Debra Lew Harder, the New Host of the Met Broadcasts

After nearly two years, Metropolitan Opera live broadcasts are back. With their revival comes the arrival of a new host: Debra Lew Harder.

Angelica LasalaAugust 22, 2017

This Breakdance Duet to Chopin’s ‘Fantaisie-Impromptu’ Will Send You Spinning

Angelica LasalaAugust 18, 2017

Hear These Uncovered Piano Masterworks from Haiti

Angelica LasalaAugust 16, 2017

Hear Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Take on Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’

Video: Merz Trio performs Brahms’ Piano Trio No. 1

Keegan MorrisOctober 16, 2019

From under the Tiffany Dome of the Chicago Cultural Center, the Merz Trio, which features violinist Brigid Coleridge, cellist Julia Yang, and pianist Lee Dionne, performs Brahms' Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major. This performance was part of the trio's Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert on October 16, 2019.

Playlist: What Makes a Verdi Baritone? Sherrill Milnes and Quinn Kelsey Explain

George PrestonOctober 14, 2019

There are baritones, and then there are Verdi baritones. They are the elite performers, athletes among baritones, thrilling their fans with blazing top notes and plumbing the depths of some of the most dramatically complex roles in opera.

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Hear the Mass Some Believe Saved Church Music

Angelica LasalaAugust 10, 2017

You may not be familiar with his music, but we all benefit from his work. Italian Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is often called the "Savior of Church Music."

The Secrets to Heavenly Singing from Peter Phillips, Conductor and Founder of the Tallis Scholars

Stephen RaskauskasAugust 10, 2017

"A choir is like any instrument. But because it's people, a choir is an instrument that varies far more than a string orchestra would vary, for example, or an organ."

Help Us Decide if Chopin’s ‘Marche Funèbre’ Played Backwards Is More Morose Than the Original

Angelica LasalaAugust 9, 2017

The third movement of Frédéric Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 35 – better known as his “Marche funèbre,” or funeral march – is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever written about death. Historians believe this somber movement was inspired, at least in part, by the November Uprising, a Polish rebellion against the Russian ...

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