Listen / When you attend a classical concert, there’s generally an agreed upon code of etiquette: sit quietly; try not to cough; clap at the appropriate times. But one classical duo has made it their mission to loosen up audiences by bringing comedy into the concert hall.
Tidying Up With Marie Kondo? Let Our Podcasts Spark Joy
Though her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up already had many followers, Marie Kondo’s new show on Netflix has inspired many of us in the…
Your First Look At The 2019-20 Nashville Symphony Classical Series
The upcoming 2019-20 Nashville Symphony Classical Series will highlight the talent of featured soloists like Garrick Ohlsson, Bomsori Kim and the symphony’s own Jun Iwasaki, while the series closes with a performance from celebrated pianist Daniil Trifonov.
Three Black Women Hold The Power In Nashville Ballet’s ‘Lucy Negro Redux’
Listen / A new work set to premiere at Nashville Ballet this week tells the story of Black Luce, also known as Lucy Negro — a known brothel owner in Elizabethan England thought to be the lover of William Shakespeare. And the three women at the center of the ballet say her character feels personal.
Juliette Jones Is Redefining What Being A String Player Looks And Sounds Like
Listen / Violinist Juliette Jones credits an injury with shaping her career.
Year in Review: 91Classical’s 2018 Highlights
Each year, we broadcast 3,300 hours of locally programmed and hosted classical music. By the year’s end, we will have hosted 50 performances from Midstate chamber musicians on Live in Studio C. We also broadcast roughly 150 full-length concerts and operas each year. That includes nearly twenty from Music City’s own Nashville Symphony and Nashville […]
Listen Again To The Live Performances From 91Classical’s 2018 Radio Fest
We celebrated 20 years of Live in Studio C with our second annual Radio Fest. The whole day was full of local music, including 8 episodes of Live in Studio C – one every hour.
How Leonard Bernstein’s Vision for Education Got Started In, and Disappeared From, Nashville Schools
Listen / With 2018 marking the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, a spotlight has again been placed on the composer’s fierce commitment to education, demonstrated throughout his life by activities like the Young People’s Concerts and his Harvard Lecture Series. It was during the latter that Bernstein emphasized the importance of “inter-disciplinary values,” explaining that […]
Music In Remembrance Of The 80th Anniversary Of Kristallnacht
Eighty years ago today, thousands of Jewish synagogues, businesses and homes all over Germany were vandalized and set on fire as firefighters, under orders from Gestapo leaders, stood by. The violent anti-Semitic demonstrations that would leave 91 Jews dead and approximately 30,000 arrested and sent to concentration camps is known as Kristallnacht (“Crystal Night” or […]
Sounds You Cherish: How To Help Someone Fall In Love With Classical Music
To build our Radio Fest playlist we asked some Nashville musicians and music lovers which piece of classical music they would play for someone who has never heard classical music before.
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