Listen / Nashville Opera returned to Live in Studio C with a preview of their upcoming production of Mark Blitzstein’s subversive opera The Cradle Will Rock.
Five Questions With Kev Marcus of ‘Black Violin’
Duo Black Violin returns to Nashville this week. Violinist Kev Marcus answered a few questions about the group’s evolution.
How Classical Music Underscores America’s Complex History With International Workers’ Day
Even though the spark of International Workers’ Day was lit in Chicago over 130 years ago, Americans are more likely to spend May 1st singing festive music around a maypole than shouting labor songs in a street protest.
Live In Studio C: A Comic Strip, A Vocalise And Finnegan’s Wake
Listen / Representing contemporary classical collective Intersection, soprano Rebekah Alexander brought some of the most experimental vocal pieces of the 20th and 21st centuries. Each of the pieces explored the limits of the voice’s capability as an instrument, rather than as a vehicle for text.
Classical Music For The Marathon Runner
Whether you’re preparing for the upcoming Rock n’ Roll Nashville Marathon or you’re putting in a few miles while enjoying the weather, this playlist will help keep you moving on even the longest, most tiring training run.
Live in Studio C: How Stravinsky Solved His Sound Problem
Listen / The spotlight is on the music for Nashville Ballet’s upcoming spring performance. Balanchine’s ballet to Stravinsky’s piece of the same name, Duo Concertant, will be staged at TPAC next week.
Classically Speaking: Roller Coaster In G Minor
Robert Schumann was just 20 years old when he started composing his Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 in 1830. It took him eight years to complete it, and over the course of that time Schumann experienced both major setbacks and tremendous joy – emotions you can feel in the contours of […]
Titus Underwood Named Principal Oboist By Nashville Symphony
The Nashville Symphony has announced the appointment of Titus Underwood to the position of principal oboist. This marks the first appointment of an African American musician to a top position in the orchestra in 50 years. Underwood had been in the role of principal oboe for more than a year as interim. The symphony announced yesterday […]
In Honor Of National Pet Day: Old And New Photos Of Musicians And Their Best Friends
National Pet Day is all about celebrating the pets in our lives. Take, for example, the model of these classical musicians.
Live in Studio C: Matthew Phelps
Listen / George Gershwin was a runaway surprise in our recent March Music Madness tournament. An American in Paris unseated Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 to make the semifinals. So when we needed a last-minute fill-in guest for Live in Studio C, Matthew Phelps kindly offered to dust off his Rhapsody in Blue sheet music.
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