…Ballet will be closed March 11-22 to reduce the risk of spreading the virus, the company’s full performance schedule is currently happening as planned. Nashville Opera The company announced via…
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50 Years Of Classical Music On Sesame Street
…fill an inflatable that steals the show. Itzhak Perlman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3richcoCUI Perlman’s demonstration of “easy” and “hard” was a surprise coming from a virtuoso. Victor Borge: Practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNDotER9XEs Victor Borge visited…
Sounds You Cherish: How To Help Someone Fall In Love With Classical Music
…Virtuoso Ancient Chinese, The Ambush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KftwzQOECA “It opens up a lot of people’s mind about how something so old could sound so forward.” Enrico Lopez-Yanez, Assistant Conductor, Nashville Symphony Edward…
Celebrate Uncommon Instrument Day with These Musical Oddities
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8NIpPhXpfQ When nonconformist composer Harry Partch decided that the Western system of equal-tempered tuning was unsatisfactory, he worked to build his own collection of instruments that would be capable of…
A Classical Playlist For Earth Day
…as the colorful canyons, which surely appealed to the composer’s synaesthesia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBRTJMKyvV0 Composer Frederic Rzewski is mostly known for his sociopolitical commentary through music. The composer is a virtuoso…
Classical Music For The Marathon Runner
…Feeling Good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfil4sj7X6g Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in Eb is driving yet exciting in a way that will hold your interest for just the right amount of time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqUQ4KIaiLc Get…
Classically Speaking: Christopher Rouse Does Not Play An Instrument
…these composers. William Schuman: Chester https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TWwbPfehas Like Rouse, William Schuman started his musical life in a band — albeit, a jazz ensemble where he played violin. He was known for…
Notes in the Margin: Your Playlist for Ann Patchett’s ‘Bel Canto’
…music found in the story. Spoilers abound, but just enough that you can find the connection. Lucia di Lammermoor : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTpzjEBUqng Hosokawa falls in love with the voice of…
The Perfect Storm: The Presto from Vivaldi’s ‘Summer,’ Reimagined
…expected (a piano) to the unusual (a melodica). Marnie Laird performs her own arrangement on the piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXikgaLMhGE Yevgeniya Lisicyna on the organ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3zANfvoUa8 Alexandr Hrustevich on the accordion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SE222v1eyM&feature=youtu.be&t=470…
Plans, Polonaises And Unarmed Men: The Role Of The Protest In Classical Music
…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYpBHc8px_U&feature=youtu.be At the same time that Messiaen was a prisoner, the city of Leningrad was under siege. During this time Dmitri Shostakovich’s longest symphony, his seventh, premiered under circumstances that…
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