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The Rich Warren Connection

“Rarely do I pick up a CD from an artist who doesn’t pay homage to Rich Warren,” says Wanda Fischer, award-winning host of The Hudson River Sampler.

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: Hear a Recital of Dynamic Romantic-Era Violin Music

Keegan MorrisJanuary 15, 2020

On January 15, violinist Stephen Kim and pianist Ilya Friedberg shared the Chicago Cultural Center stage for a concert of passionate, dynamic music by two Romantic composers: Ernest Chausson and Johannes Brahms.

Sharon Isbin walks down a cobblestone road with a guitar case

Sharon Isbin Revisits Spain, Italy, and Her Accidental Beginnings in Guitar

WFMTJanuary 13, 2020

A self-described “science kid,” a simple miscommunication prompted Sharon Isbin to take up the guitar in her youth.

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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 ...

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff