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Airs weekdays at 2PM on 93.9 FM The bold, occasionally electrified string quartet known as Ethel will be in the studio with a preview of its concert series at The Kitchen, which ... (episode)
While it’s common for composers to custom-write a piece for a performer, listeners rarely learn the inner workings of those collaborations. Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman kep... (episode)
Composer Osvaldo Golijov has created an evocative musical voice by blending genres as varied as Judeo-Christian liturgy and tango, most recently in his hugely successful Passi... (episode)
From sax player John Coltrane to pianist Keith Jarrett, almost all American jazz legends have cited Igor Stravinsky’s neo-classicism and serialism as their genre’s biggest classic... (episode)
New York’s annual Rock Hotel Pianofest takes a rock-concert approach (complete with “opening acts” and multiple bills) to programming a collection of otherwise classical-piano recital... (episode)
The Westchester Philharmonic is turning 20, and the orchestra will celebrate this platinum-anniversary year with tributes to Westchester County musicians and composers. Conductor ... (episode)
Over the last 20 years, part of American composer Ned Rorem’s creative process has involved combining literature and classical composition, including writing works for voice a... (episode)
The Mexico City-born, half-Irish, half-Cuban pianist Arturo O’Farrill is best known for his unconventional approach to straight-ahead jazz (oftentimes, clashes between Latin m... (episode)
In the late 1960s, Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso and his peers created tropicalismo in response to the way North American art crept into southern-hemisphere cultu... (episode)
The a cappella early-music quartet Anonymous 4 has a new album out, La bele Marie, a collection of sacred Latin verse and tender French love songs to the Virgin Mary. The group wi... (episode)