As the city prepares for CMA Fest later this week, a different group of music lovers will gather in downtown Nashville. For the first time since 2007, the League of American Orchestras National Conference will be hosted by Music City.
Live in Studio C: Ahead Of Its Time, Part 2
Listen / This might be a first for Live in Studio C: because of the use of electronics, the musicians could not actually experience their own performance from inside of Studio C. Use of sensory percussion alongside two acoustic instruments led to essentially two concerts happening at once: one that the players could hear, and […]
Organizing The Spectacle Of Nashville’s ‘Carmina Burana’
Listen / There’s nothing small about Carmina Burana. Carl Orff’s epic work has famously added drama to countless movies, commercials and TV shows, but an upcoming revamped production of the work in Nashville will be a bigger feast for the senses than ever before.
Live In Studio C: Ahead Of Its Time, Part 1
Listen / Alias Chamber Ensemble’s upcoming concert features music that was seen as revolutionary when it premiered. In this first of two previews Alias sent the quartet that we fondly know as Cheap Trills, who brought music from JS Bach’s Matthäus-Passion – a piece from 1727.
Music For The Last Day Of School
As the school year comes to a close, we have all the music you need for your mixed feelings.
Cooking To The Classics: A Menu For Turangalîla
French composer Olivier Messiaen was a noted lover of travel, and places he visited often influenced his works. The Turangalîla-Symphonie is no exception — the title alone is a combination of two Sanskrit words. So we’ve curated a menu that takes the international musical flavors into account.
Live In Studio C: Outdoor Panorama
Listen / The sun was shining and the sky was blue as fifth- and sixth-graders from Scales Elementary who make up Steel de Boro performed in our first-ever out-of-studio production of Live In Studio C.
The Colorful Career Of Olivier Messiaen
This Saturday night at 8, 91Classical will live broadcast the Nashville Symphony’s performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie. Before you tune in, here’s a look at a few of the defining features of Messiaen’s life and career.
Live in Studio C: Hit And Pluck And Other Onomatopoeia
Listen / Chatterbird’s most recent concert repertoire was, overall, an experiment in sound. Students from the Blair School of Music were able to work with the ensemble for premieres, and members of the group were able to push their instruments past the limits of the standard orchestration book.
Fowl Notes: A Brief History Of Birdsong In Classical Music
Listen / For centuries, composers have been drawing musical inspiration from the oldest melody-makers in the world: birds.
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