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Classical Music Posts
2014 Thanksgiving Specials
Credit Stuart Monk /iStockphoto.com Let Northwest Public Radio be part of your Thanksgiving celebration with these special programs this Thursday: Lynne Rossetto-Kasper and a wonderful lineup… Continue Reading 2014 Thanksgiving Specials
Inside Bach’s Brain: Your Frontal Lobe And Your Music
https://www.ted.com/talks/charles_limb_your_brain_on_improv?language=enImagine, for a moment, Bach’s brain. Long before there was jazz, musicians jammed. The pianist Keith Jarrett, whose recordings of Bach and Handel often come… Continue Reading Inside Bach’s Brain: Your Frontal Lobe And Your Music
Royal Shakespeare Company Opens Its Music Vault
What’s the right music for a Shakespeare play? Depends on what century you’re in. In the 400 years since the plays were new, generations of… Continue Reading Royal Shakespeare Company Opens Its Music Vault
Prize Winning Northwest Composition ‘Become Ocean’ Released Today
John Luther Adams’ new album, Become Ocean, comes out Sept. 30. Credit Molly Sheridan/Courtesy of the artist Where the Pacific NW, environmental stewardship and… Continue Reading Prize Winning Northwest Composition ‘Become Ocean’ Released Today
Beethoven’s Bizarre Finale
A 44-year-old man known as a phenomenal pianist played a disappointing concert that would be his last public performance at the keyboard. Ludwig van Beethoven’s… Continue Reading Beethoven’s Bizarre Finale
Summer Classical Music Festivals
A performance at the 2013 Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festivals Credit NWPR Symphony season is coming to a close and summertime is on its… Continue Reading Summer Classical Music Festivals
