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All Songs Considered Says: Consider Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
There’s far more to this enduring figure than the famous Fifth Symphony. And to find out, we’ve invited writer Jan Swafford to join us for an all-Beethoven “take-over” edition of All Songs Considered to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Continue Reading All Songs Considered Says: Consider Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th Birthday
Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Major Black Star, Dies Of Coronavirus Complications At 86
Pride died Saturday from complications of COVID-19 in Dallas. The baritone-voiced singer was the first Black man inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Continue Reading Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Major Black Star, Dies Of Coronavirus Complications At 86
Composer John Luther Adams On The Arctic Sounds That Shaped His Work
The Pulitzer winner has released his first memoir, “Silences So Deep: Music, Solitude, Alaska.” It’s a personal account of Adams’ formative decades making art in the Artic. Continue Reading Composer John Luther Adams On The Arctic Sounds That Shaped His Work
A Jazz Piano Christmas: 2020
This year’s edition of “A Jazz Piano Christmas” features REDWOOD, Cory Henry and Kenny Barron. We’re celebrating the holidays with swing from the East Coast jazz scene. Continue Reading A Jazz Piano Christmas: 2020
Soprano Julia Bullock Is A Classical Music ‘Agent Of Change’ And A Tiny Desk (Home) Performer
From her home in Germany, the provocative American soprano delivers songs of introspection and freedom from Franz Schubert’s mountaintop epiphany to Billy Taylor’s wish for equality and justice. Continue Reading Soprano Julia Bullock Is A Classical Music ‘Agent Of Change’ And A Tiny Desk (Home) Performer
‘Tripping With Nils Frahm:’ Four Sweaty Nights Captured Onscreen With The Neo Classical Composer
The new concert film, shot in 2018, shows one of the stars of the electronic and indie classical worlds in his element: a homebrewed nest of traditional and modern instruments working together. Continue Reading ‘Tripping With Nils Frahm:’ Four Sweaty Nights Captured Onscreen With The Neo Classical Composer
