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Classical 101“At this performance, it was a kind of pandemonium afterwards. The audience wouldn’t stop cheering.”That’s how the noted pianist Gilbert Kalish recalls…
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Classical 101That moment when you’re facing something that might be wonderful or harrowing...You inhale. You pause. You exhale.That moment, suspended in time and tied…
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Classical 101What do a baby and a new musical work have in common? Flutist and mezzo-soprano Lindsey Goodman can tell you.“It’s a really unique experience to…
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Classical 101They're cris-crossing the globe in world-class string quartets. They're getting snapped up by major orchestras. They're performing with legendary artists…
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Classical 101"It's a really strange mind-melding experience to do it," says cellist Jay Campbell of performing contemporary composer Georg Friedrich Haas' String…
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Classical 101If you think Wagner's operas were too long and feared you might fall asleep in the middle of Die Meistersinger, how about an eight hour lullaby? As…