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Classical 101This Sunday is the birthday of the most popular of all Russian composers, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840). And on today's date in 1891, he made his…
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Classical 101There have been 78 world premieres at Carnegie Hall to date, beginning with Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, the "New World Symphony," which premiered Dec. 16,…
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Classical 101You've heard the old joke, "How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice." There are many people, famous and not, to whom credit for the…
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Classical 101The Columbus International Children's Choir, conducted by Tatiana Kats, travels to New York next week for a performance in Carnegie Hall on June 27. The…
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Classical 101Mix together and stir: Two bus fulls of middle and high school kids. Various parents. A music director with an entourage, and a separate van for the…
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Classical 101Join us Friday evenings at 7 pm for Classical Showcase as we begin a 13-part series, "Carnegie Hall Live!" here on Classical 101. Each week a guest host…
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Classical 101We all love those great operatic death scenes, don't we? The ones where the bereft tenor plunges a knife into his heart (or the tenor's bass-baritone…