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Classical Classroom, Episode 188: Paddling to the Sea with Third Coast Percussion
They got the beat. Yeah, they got the beat.
January 7, 2019
Classical Classroom, Episode 187: Rachel Barton Pine Talks Bruch and Elgar
Or, “Dueling Fiddles with Rachel Barton Pine”.
December 31, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 112: The Ugly Christmas Sweaters of Classical Music, with Alecia Lawyer (Rerun)
There’s a lot of beautiful Christmas music out there. This isn’t it.
December 24, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 186: Kim Kashkashian on the Persistence of Bach
Why the music of Bach can’t stop won’t stop.
December 17, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 185: On Discovering Hidden Classical Gems with Marc-André Hamelin
Oh, a (record) hunting we will go!
December 10, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 184: Working Hard with Hilary Hahn
How much practice does it take to be the best around?
December 3, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 183: All-Star Ashley Bathgate’s Primer on New Classical Music
(Or whatever you want to call this newfangled sound.)
November 26, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 182: Fantastic Bell – Joshua Bell on Max Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy”
If it’s not Scottish, what is it??
November 19, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 181: The Magicians – Daron Hagen on Orson Welles
In which the composer uses prestidigitation to make an opera about the famous director.
November 12, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 180: Icelandic Music History 101 with Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir
Íslensk tónlist er flott!
November 5, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 179: The Miro Quartet on Beethoven’s Opus 131, an Autobiography
When the going gets tough, the tough write string quartets. (Or, at least Beethoven did.)
October 29, 2018
Classical Classroom, Episode 178: Anne Akiko Meyers on Working with Superheroes
A fangirl gets to work with her idols.
October 22, 2018
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