Before fighting for her people as the last sovereign of Hawaii, Queen Lili'uokalani was a musician and a composer.
All summer long, WCRB is spotlighting American music and the composers who weave the musical fabric of our country.
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The fourth stop on a tour of America's natural wonders, through the music of composer Ferde Grofé.
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Summer fun, autumn premonitions, and Dolly Parton are all waiting in this August Instant Replay.
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Hear about five composers who defined America's early love affair with the impressionist style, from Charles Griffes to Marion Bauer and beyond.
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For violinist María Dueñas, every violin has a memory, infusing it with energy from whoever has played it before. In her new recording, "Homage to Heifetz," Dueñas pays loving tribute to one of the greatest violinists who ever lived, Jascha Heifetz, in collaboration with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.
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Tanglewood Music Center alum Marin Alsop leads the TMCO in Bruch’s First Violin Concerto, with soloist Ray Chen, as well as Anna Clyne’s "Masquerade" and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5.
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Anna Handler leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program that includes Christopher Rountree’s "For Martha (Variations on a Theme of Leonard Bernstein)," Aaron Copland’s "Appalachian Spring," and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7.
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In the final part of a three-concert series curated by Yo-Yo Ma, Grammy-winning vocalist Arooj Aftab joins Ma in John Tavener’s Mahámátar, followed by Kayhan Kalhor’s Venus in the Mirror with the composer and cellist Karen Ouzounian, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Azul with BSO cellist Christine Lee.
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The two-time Grammy-nominated Neave Trio celebrates the diverse voices that have shaped, and been shaped by, American musical traditions.
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GBH Music and Emmanuel Music showcase the radiant spirit of J.S. Bach's music for the season, featuring his Christmas Oratorio.
What makes an opera performance great? GBH Music partnered with Boston Lyric Opera, New England Conservatory of Music, and legendary opera singers Patricia Racette, Susan Graham, and Davóne Tines to explore an extraordinary art form.
From NPR Music
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The French pianists celebrate more than a half century of recording together with a triple-disc set containing many brand new tracks.
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The song, penned before American Independence by a slave trader turned abolitionist, has remained a source of comfort, inspiration and redemption.
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On The Bach Hour, Philippe Herreweghe leads a work that grapples with oppositional forces of light and dark, and pianist Igor Levit performs the composer's Partita No. 2.
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