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2018 Holiday Schedules

Dec 18, 2018

Celebrate the holidays with Nevada Public Radio.  Look to Nevada Public Radio for seasonal programming to suit your mood.

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Best Music Of 2018
The debut album by the Aizuri Quartet is called <em>Blueprinting</em>.

NPR Music's Best Classical Albums Of 2018

Dec 18, 2018
The music on our list takes you to Tsarist Russia, the New Mexico desert, 18th century Spain, the austere landscapes of Iceland and Vienna, at the dawn of the 20th century. Happy travelling.
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Music Interviews
"The continuous impromptus of performing after car bombs, I believe that it is an empowering element of solidarity...," Karim Wasfi says.

Karim Wasfi's 'Spontaneous Compositions' Aid Stability In Iraq

Dec 15, 2018
Renowned Iraqi conductor and cellist Karim Wasfi tells NPR's Scott Simon about his music, the challenges of his work and his commitment to his country.
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Music Interviews
Jacob Collier describes his new project,<em> Djesse (Vol. 1),</em> as "maximalism in the name of minimalism."

Jacob Collier Makes Staggering, Complex Music Feel Effortless

Dec 12, 2018
Host Ari Shapiro speaks with singer and multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier about his latest project, a four-album odyssey called Djesse, the first volume of which is out now.
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Deceptive Cadence
The Cleveland Orchestra, with its music director Franz Welser-Möst, at Severance Hall, the orchestra's home since 1931.

Cleveland Orchestra At 100: The Heartland Band With The World Class Sound

Dec 11, 2018
Who knew that a little orchestra in America's Midwest, born in 1918, could grow up to be one of the world's best? Through a century of trials and triumphs, the Cleveland Orchestra still shines.
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Music News
The Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen.

San Francisco Symphony Names Esa-Pekka Salonen As Its Music Director

Dec 05, 2018
In a surprise move, the orchestra announced Wednesday that it is bringing composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen aboard as its music director, beginning in September 2020.
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Music Interviews
Professor Patricia Hall and graduate student Joshua DeVries discuss the music manuscript for "The Most Beautiful Time Of Life" at University of Michigan.

University Of Michigan Ensemble 'Gives A Voice' To Nazi Prisoners Through Unearthed Music

Dec 02, 2018
While conducting research at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, a music theory professor discovered manuscripts of music that haven't been heard since World War II.
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Music News
Students of the Westminster Choir College perform with the Vienna Philharmonic at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2015.

Why Is The Chinese Government Trying To Buy A School In New Jersey?

Nov 29, 2018
An elite music college in Princeton, N.J., is up for sale. Its prospective buyer is a for-profit Chinese company — which is partially owned by the Beijing municipal government.
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All Songs Considered
28 trombonists perform Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

28 Trombonists Play 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine

Nov 29, 2018
Recorded during the 2018 International Trombone Festival, this brass choir elevates the cover game.
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All out

Never Boring

Nov 27, 2018

Jack Gaughan will direct the live musical accompaniment to Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Nutcracker for the sixth time. But his experience with the classic Tchaikovsky score goes back further than that — much further, to age 7, when he performed it at a piano recital. Is it still special? Yes.

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Deceptive Cadence
U.S. Navy CPO Graham Jackson, with tears of grief, plays "Goin' Home," from Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's body is carried from Warm Springs, Ga., where he died.

How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American Music To Itself

Nov 24, 2018
Sometimes it takes an outsider to see a culture clearly. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony was an ode to what American music could become.
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Music News
While your holiday meal might consist of turkey that's deep-fried, braised or roasted, the turkeys who've been featured in music through the years have inspired pop culture crazes.

'Let's Turkey Trot': Festive Music About Fowl

Nov 22, 2018
From bourgeois turkeys to Mother Goose, music commentator Miles Hoffman introduces us to classical music about fowls.
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Turning The Tables
Missy Mazzoli performing in New York City in 2012.

Missy Mazzoli Is The 21st Century's Gatecrasher Of New Classical Music

Nov 16, 2018
Classical music has a gatekeeping problem. Through her label-defying music and commitment to mentorship, Mazzoli is fighting to correct that.
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Deceptive Cadence
A hologram of the legendary soprano Maria Callas is currently touring North America and Europe.

Raising The Dead — And A Few Questions — With Maria Callas' Hologram

Nov 06, 2018
The legendary opera diva is on tour, as a hologram, with a live orchestra. But behind the dramatic music, truth and fiction are blurred.
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Slingshot
Who is your favorite new musician of 2018?

Vote For Your Favorite New Musician Of 2018

Nov 01, 2018

Slingshot, NPR Music's emerging artist series, spotlighted 40 artists over the course of the past 10 months. Now it's time for you to tell us your favorite.

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Deceptive Cadence
Dogs mingle with the music of Handel in Tilda Swinton's new video.

Tilda Swinton's Spaniels Are A Lot To Handel

Nov 01, 2018
A new video, co-directed by actress Tilda Swinton, breaks the joy meter, as her vivacious dogs frolic to the strains of a Handel opera.
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Music Interviews
Geoff Wharton and Victor Marcelli, son of Audrey Call.

A 'Cosmic Connection' Between 2 Violinists

Oct 27, 2018
For decades, Cologne-based violinist Geoffry Wharton has played jazzy crowd-pleasing encores written in the 1930s by an obscure composer, Audrey Call. Wharton discovered a spooky connection with her.
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Music News
Countertenor David Daniels, speaking at the Opera News Awards in New York City in 2013.

Second Man Accuses Opera Star David Daniels Of Sexual Assault

Oct 25, 2018
For the second time in just over two months, famed opera star David Daniels has been accused of drugging and then sexually assaulting a young singer.
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Music News
The Cleveland Orchestra, performing in Miami in 2016.

Cleveland Orchestra Fires Two Leading Musicians After Sexual Misconduct Investigation

Oct 24, 2018
The Cleveland Orchestra announced on Wednesday afternoon that it has fired concertmaster William Preucil and principal trombonist Massimo La Rosa for multiple alleged incidents of sexual misconduct.
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Music Interviews
Vijay Gupta is a violinist for the Los Angeles Philharmonic whose life's work has been to make music accessible to all. That passion caught the attention of others and this year he was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.

MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta On Making Music Accessible For All

Oct 13, 2018
Violinist and social justice advocate Vijay Gupta, one of the 2018 winners of the MacArthur Fellowship, speaks about his work in under-resourced communities in Los Angeles and what's next.
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Deceptive Cadence
Rachmaninov in the Rockies: Pianist Daniil Trifonov dreams of playing the composer's Fourth Piano Concerto on a train.

Dreaming Of Rachmaninov On A Train

Oct 11, 2018
The celebrated young pianist Daniil Trifonov steals aboard a steam locomotive, chugging through the Rockies to the strains of Rachmaninov's Fourth Concerto.
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Music News
Violinist William Preucil (left), taking a bow with the Cleveland Orchestra at a 2016 performance in Miami.

Two More Women Accuse Violinist William Preucil Of Misconduct

Oct 10, 2018
Two female violinists allege that the Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster — currently suspended from his job due to a previous allegation — acted inappropriately towards them during lessons.
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Deceptive Cadence
Soprano Montserrat Caballé, in concert in Marbella, Spain, in 2012.

One Mesmerizing Moment With Soprano Montserrat Caballé

Oct 09, 2018
The revered Spanish soprano, who died Saturday, spins out silvery threads of tone in her recordings, the likes of which no one has ever matched.
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National
From left to right, the Totenberg-Ames Stradivarius at the start of its restoration; in a mold being prepared to have the edge reinforced; and after the restoration.

The Tale Of The Stolen Totenberg Stradivarius Ends With A New Legacy

Oct 09, 2018

When the FBI recovered virtuoso violinist Roman Totenberg's stolen Stradivarius after his death, his daughters wanted the instrument to be played everywhere. Ensuring that was not so simple.

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Deceptive Cadence
"Every time I learn something new about the music, I then bring [that] into the next performance," Hilary Hahn says.

Back To Bach: Hilary Hahn Rekindles An Old Love

Oct 07, 2018
When the violinist was just 17, a stunning Bach debut album launched her career. Over two decades later, she returns to finish up the set of pieces she started as a teenager.

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