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Figure Skating’s Classical Music Connection

Even as new genres find their place on Olympic ice, the familiar strains of Tchaikovsky, Ravel, and Stravinsky continue to play alongside the athletes.

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Keegan MorrisApril 29, 2025

New Releases Apr. 29: Women Composers, Ukraine, Early Music
Adela SkowronskiApril 23, 2025

Playlist: Magical Classical Music
Keegan MorrisApril 22, 2025

New Releases Apr. 22: Bach, Brahms, Price, Satie, and more
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Swan Songs: Classical Music Inspired by Swans
Katherine BuzardAugust 5, 2025
With this wealth of allegorical associations, these elegant creatures have captured composers’ imaginations for centuries.
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New Releases Aug. 5: Bach, Coleridge-Taylor, Hovhaness
Keegan MorrisAugust 5, 2025
Deep-dives into works by JS Bach (featuring the late conductor Sir Andrew Davis, a Lyric Opera of Chicago legend), as well as music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Alan Hovhaness. Plus, meet a lesser-known — but influential — Polish composer: Zygmunt Noskowski. And take part in a richly immersive vocal compendium by Minneapolis-based Cantus.

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Long-Tenured Juilliard Cellist, Instructor Joel Krosnick Dies, 84
Adela SkowronskiApril 17, 2025
While he enjoyed some success as a soloist, Krosnick's recognition grew after joining the Juilliard String Quartet in 1974.

Playlist: Music to Help Your Garden Grow
Keegan MorrisApril 17, 2025
The frost has (hopefully) gone for the year, so it's time to get planting. Here's music to help your garden grow... or at least, get you focused on gardening!
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New Releases Apr. 15: Suites, Unheralded Women, Third Coast Percussion
Keegan MorrisApril 15, 2025
Beloved Chicago envelope-pushing quartet Third Coast Percussion celebrates 20 years with a characteristically adventurous album. Plus, suites by Tchaikovsky and Thomas Adès. Finally, get to know two unjustly overlooked women composers: Swede Elfrida Andrée and Brit Ruth Gipps.
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