Classical MusicClassical Music Playlist, July 15, 2024Leonard Bernstein premiered his Chichester Psalms on July 15th, 1965. Composed on a commission from the Chichester Cathedral in England, the work is an uplifting prayer for peace with texts of Psalms sung in Hebrew. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Kid Pan Alley Project Inspires Central Valley Students To Write, Produce SongsNovember 5, 2014 | Rich IbarraCentral Valley elementary students have been busy writing songs that will be performed with a symphony orchestra and a chorus of kids.
Modesto Symphony Orchestra Presents Beethoven, Tchaikovsky And SibeliusNovember 4, 2014 | Victor FormanThe Modesto Symphony Orchestra continues its 2014-2015 Classics Series with Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Sibelius November 7 and 8 at the Gallo Center for the Arts.
Bookspan: The Best of MozartNovember 1, 2014 | Kent TeetersThis month on Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers," classical host Kent Teeters explores the best of Mozart.
A Violin Concerto Back From Beyond The GraveOctober 30, 2014After composer Robert Schumann died, his Violin Concerto languished in a library — until a grandniece of the man he wrote it for got out her Ouija board.
Maya Beiser Shreds The CelloOctober 28, 2014Beiser gives some of her favorite rock and blues numbers a modern cello workover on her new album, Uncovered.
Artist Interviews On Insight: Pianist Tanya Vegvary PlesciaOctober 27, 2014Classical Pianist Tanya Vegvary Plescia performs from the CSUS Recital Hall Monday morning.
Opera About 1985 Achille Lauro Hijacking Draws Protests At MetOctober 25, 2014Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was among those who denounced The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams, calling it anti-Semitic and anti-Israel.
Postlude To A Kiss: Scriabin's Raging 'Poem Of Ecstasy'October 22, 2014Mystical Russian composer Alexander Scriabin saw music, heard colors and wrote music that goes from ecstasy to frenzy. Baltimore Symphony conductor Marin Alsop explores Scriabin's best-known piece.
After 200 Years, A Schubert Song Still ResonatesOctober 20, 2014On Oct. 19, 1814, an Austrian teenager named Franz Schubert wrote "Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel," a boldly innovative song that remains an inspiration for singers and songwriters.
The Case Of The Stolen StradivariusOctober 13, 2014Milwaukee Orchestra concertmaster Frank Almond was carrying his rare Stradivarius violin out to the parking lot after a show when he was suddenly attacked. The violin, worth millions, was stolen.