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classical music for walking: a beautiful path

Playlist: Classical Music for Long Walks

In an array of stimulating and soothing music, give your walk a melodic backdrop or clear your mind for some deep thinking.

Stephen RaskauskasMay 5, 2017

This Waltz Once Attributed to Strauss Is Actually by Indigenous Mexican Composer Juventino Rosas

Angelica LasalaMay 5, 2017

How Lydia Mendoza, the First Queen of Tejano Music, Crossed Borders and Shaped a Tradition

Dennis MooreMay 5, 2017

The Women of Nordic Affect Share What Makes the Music of Iceland Some of the Coolest Stuff on Earth

Grammy Nominations Announced with Nods for Third Coast Percussion and Cedille Records

Mary MazurekNovember 20, 2019

The 2020 Grammy Nominations were announced this morning, and several members of the Chicago classical community received recognition as nominees.

A Striking Musical Retreat in the Big Sky State

Michael San GabinoNovember 19, 2019

Located on 12,000 acres in the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains, the rolling, expansive landscape of Tippet Rise provides an evocative complement for an art center and summer festival that combines music, sculpture, poetry, and nature.

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This Amazon Parrot Singing “‘O Sole Mio” Along With Pavarotti Is All of Us When We Try to Sing Opera

Galilee AbdullahMay 3, 2017

Many musicians have performed the internationally beloved Italian song “‘O Sole Mio.” One songbird, a parrot in fact, performs the Neapolitan tune as a duet with the great Luciano Pavarotti. Composer Eduardo di Capua and lyricist Giovanni Capurro published their composition “‘O Sole Mio” in 1898. Since, it has been recorded by many artists including Andrea Bocelli and Elvis Presley. ...

Hearing These Merry Lads Sing “Now Is the Month of Maying” Is the Best Way to Start Your Month

Stephen RaskauskasMay 1, 2017

May is the perfect time to hear the “merry lads” of the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School sing outdoors.

Watch This Talented Chicken Peck Out Puccini

Angelica LasalaApril 27, 2017

And she doesn’t sound as fowl as you might think, either.

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree