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Deceptive Cadence
Arvo Pärt's four symphonies — newly recorded for ECM — trace a 45-year journey the composer took in finding his true style.
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Connecting The Dots On Arvo Pärt's Symphonic Journey

Apr 20, 2018
A new album of the Estonian composer's four symphonies trace the path of a brave artist who risked throwing it all away to reinvent himself.
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Deceptive Cadence
Ballerinas of the New York City Ballet perform <em>Serenade </em>by<em> </em>George Balanchine at the Mariinsky theatre in St.Petersburg, July 30, 2003.
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Shall We Dance: Balanchine Sets Tchaikovsky In Motion

Apr 20, 2018
Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the power of ballet and her memories of watching choreographer George Balanchine bring the music of Tchaikovsky to life with the New York City Ballet.
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From the Top
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NPR’s From the Top Recorded at The Smith Center

Apr 11, 2018

NPR’s From the Top recorded at The Smith Center in February and you can hear that concert Saturday,

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All Songs Considered
Stephanie Richards.
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Stephanie Richards' 'Gong' Resonates The Body's Frequency

Apr 11, 2018
Stephanie Richards' trumpet sounds like deep space wrapped around your head, a flood in the endless void.
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From the Top
Parsa Sabet
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Guitarist Sarbet Shares His Love of Classical Music with Others

Apr 10, 2018

What does Parsa Sabet do when there is no guitar class in school?  How does he find a way to share classical music with others.

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From the Top
Parsa Sabet
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What Motivates Guitarist Parsa Sarbet

Apr 10, 2018

Parsa Sabet on his first competition and motivation.

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From the Top
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Guitarist Parsa Sabet on His Early Start

Apr 10, 2018

Guitarist Parsa Sabet started with a summer guitar class.

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From the Top
Jordan Farber
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Jordan Farber on Starting Out

Apr 10, 2018

Bassonist Jordan Farber started his career five years ago playing the flute.

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From the Top
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Bassoonist Jordan Farber on Playing Expressive Music

Apr 10, 2018

How is playing music a lot like dance? Bassoonist Jordan Farber shares his philosophy on expressive music and movement.

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From the Top
Jordan Farber performing in the Nevada Public Radio Studios.
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Bassoonist Jordan Farber on His Audtion for NPR's From the Top

Apr 10, 2018

Bassoonist Jordan Farber shares his thoughts on the audition process for NPR's From the Top.

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All Songs Considered
Clockwise from upper left: Ari Roar, Beatrice Deer, Ólafur Arnalds, Khruangbin, Whyte Horses
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New Mix: Ólafur Arnalds, Khruangbin, Whyte Horses, Ari Roar, More

Apr 10, 2018
This week's batch of essential new songs includes a curiously gorgeous piano piece from Iceland's Ólafur Arnalds, the punk band Abuse Of Power, summery psych-pop from Whyte Horses and more.
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All Songs Considered
Kylie Minogue's <em>Golden </em>is among the best new albums out on Apr. 6.
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New Music Friday: April 6

Apr 06, 2018
Hear a quick run thru some of the best full-albums out today, including the scorching punk of Dark Times, rap phenom Cardi B, pop singer Kylie Minogue's country turn, Hop Along, Wye Oak and more.
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All Songs Considered
Clockwise from upper left: Confidence Man, Young Fathers, Hookworms
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New Mix: Young Fathers, Confidence Man, A Stunning Tiny Desk Contest Entry, More

Apr 03, 2018
This week's new mix features a profound Tiny Desk Contest entry, "dorky" electropop from Australian group Confidence Man, an intimate paean to different loves from Forth Wanderers and more.
Classical
Deceptive Cadence
Olivia De Prato's new video, directed by James Darrah, features ecstatic music by Missy Mazzoli.
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Vespers Or Vision Quest? Soulful Music For A Violin In Flight

Apr 03, 2018
A video premiere from violinist Olivia De Prato offers ecstatic music by Missy Mazzoli with an enigmatic take, by director James Darrah, on the evening prayer service.
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Deceptive Cadence
"We're reduced to being something on sight," says Lawrence Brownlee. The tenor sings a new song cycle with music by Tyshawn Sorey and words by Terrance Hayes.
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A New Song Cycle Contemplates Blackness

Mar 30, 2018
A collaboration between three prominent artistic voices — singer Lawrence Brownlee, composer Tyshawn Sorey and poet Terrance Hayes — examines what it means to be a black man in America today.
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First Listen
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First Listen: Clarice Jensen, 'For This From That Will Be Filled'

Mar 29, 2018
The cellist makes meditative, sometimes disorienting music with pedals, loops, sine tones and an expansive imagination.
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Deceptive Cadence
On Brad Mehldau's new album, he alternates keyboard works by J.S. Bach with his own jazz-inflected explorations.
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'After Bach' Offers Brad Mehldau's Well-Tempered Jazz

Mar 27, 2018
Inspired by J.S. Bach, jazz pianist Brad Mehldau alternates originals from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier with his own reinventions.
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Classical
The Record
Venezuelan conductor and composer José Abreu delivers a speech to the young musicians of his orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela in January, 2009. Abreu was the founder of "El Sistema," an educational framework intended to extend musical instruction to children, regardless of their background.
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José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan Who Envisioned Musical Education For All, Dead At 78

Mar 26, 2018
Abreu began El Sistema in Venezuela in 1975 with fewer than a dozen students — 40 years later, his system has been used throughout the world to unite children through musical education.
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Deceptive Cadence
Sopranos Emily Pulley (left) and Jennifer Zetlan perform in the On Site Opera production of <em>Morning Star</em>.
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'Morning Star' Opera Sheds New Light On Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Of 1911

Mar 25, 2018
A production of Ricky Ian Gordon's opera in New York's Lower East Side marks the anniversary of one of America's deadliest industrial accidents.
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Deceptive Cadence
Chad Lawson's <em>Re: Piano </em>is available now.
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Chad Lawson Wants To Revive Piano For The 'Spotify Generation'

Mar 24, 2018
Lawson's new album Re:Piano aims to change perceptions of the piano by fusing it with digital filters, loops and effects.
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Deceptive Cadence
Claude Debussy, photographed ca. 1908. He died 100 years ago on March 25, 1918.
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Songs We Love: Debussy, 'La Plus Que Lente'

Mar 23, 2018
Marking the 100th anniversary of the visionary composer's death, hear Debussy play his own music on a 1913 piano roll.
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Deceptive Cadence
Austrian classical pianist Artur Schnabel, circa 1940.
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The Pianist Who First Climbed Beethoven's Mount Everest

Mar 21, 2018
Artur Schnabel was the first pianist to record all 32 of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. The cycle, made in the 1930s, has just been entered into the Library of Congress.
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The Record
Run-D.M.C. backstage at the Grammy Awards in March 1987. The hip-hop group's 1986 album <em>Raising Hell</em> is one of 25 new inductees to the Library of Congress Recording Registry.
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Run-DMC, Pauline Oliveros, 'Rumours,' Chic And Beethoven Added To Library Of Congress

Mar 21, 2018
This year's batch of inductees bring the Recording Registry up to 500 entries.
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Music
Musical Connections musicians perform with teaching artists Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Camila Meza at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 2017.
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Making Musical Connections At Sing Sing Prison

Mar 17, 2018
Since 2009, the maximum security prison has been home to music workshops put on by Carnegie Hall and led by some of New York City's top musicians.
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1968: How We Got Here
Tenor Rinde Eckert performs the role of Vietnam veteran Hugh Thompson, Jr. in <em>My Lai</em>.
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50 Years After The My Lai Massacre, An Opera Confronts The Past

Mar 17, 2018
The My Lai Massacre occurred 50 years ago this week in Vietnam. An opera featuring the Kronos Quartet and Van-Anh Vanessa Vo tells the story of an American soldier who tried to stop his own troops.
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