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The Hambourg Conservatory: Russian-born Canadian Musicians: Toronto Musical Scene 1930's

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By: Anya Laurence

New Music "Within Sight of Shore": Halifax Composer Scott Macmillan Remembers the Sinking of WWII Ship

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Piano Work about the Environment: Marian McPartland's "A Tribute to Rachel Carson" Good for Earth Day

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Violin Genius Maud Powell: THe Life and Work of a Celebrated American Woman Concert Performer

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By: Anya Laurence

British Star Pianist Imogen Cooper: London's Master Musician in Solo and Chamber Piano Music

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

American Soprano Alma Gluck: Celebrated Vocalist of the Early Twentieth Century

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By: Anya Laurence

Violin Virtuoso Efrem Zimbalist: Russian-American Performer and Composer

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By: Anya Laurence

Andrew Lloyd Weber Wins Award: British Composer Given "Outstanding" Classical BRIT Award

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Review of Alex Ross' New Book: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century, by NY Times Critic

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Who Was Jeannette Thurber? A Biography of the Founder of National Conservatory of Music in NYC

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By: Anya Laurence

Bach's St. John Passion Notes: Sacred Musical Work by a Baroque German Composer

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Goodbye, Giusseppe Di Stefano: Sicilian-Born Star Operatic Tenor Dies Near Milan at 86

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Canadian Soprano Simone Osbourne: Canadian Opera Singer Wins National Council Prize in NYC at the Met

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Intro to Pianist Elaine Greenfield: Distinguished American Pianist, Duo-Pianist and Teacher

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By: Anya Laurence

Harpsichordist Denise Restout: Performer and Teaching Assistant to Wanda Landowska

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By: Anya Laurence

Gustav Holst's Choral Fantasia: A Choral Composition Inspired by the Poet Robert Bridges

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By: Natalie Artemas-Polak

Royal Philharmonic Society Awards: British Music Competition Seeks Voter Participation

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Quartet for the End of Time: Messiaen’s Great Quartet Has a Unique Sound and a Moving History

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By: Natalie Artemas-Polak

Rudolf Firkusny on Czech Music: The Music of Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia in History

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By: Anya Laurence

Dramatic Soprano Gerda Nielsen: Vocal Instruction and Exercises

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By: Anya Laurence

Notes on Bach's Christmas Oratorio: Choral Music Weihnachts-Oratorium in German, Composed 1734

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Steve Reich Mini-Festival: Boston's New England Conservatory Hosts Contemporary Composer

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Polish Mistress of the Harpsichord: The Music and Life of Wanda Landowska in America

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By: Anya Laurence

Julia Fischer, Artist of the Year: 24-Year-Old Violinist Receives 2007 Classic FM Gramophone Award

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Note by Note Piano History Film: Documentary on the Making of Steinway L1037

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc au Bucher: French Dramatic Oratorio 'Joan of Arc at the Stake' in One Act

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Leopold Mozart: Wolfgang's Father: Biography of German Violinist, Teacher, Composer and Theorist

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Felix Mendelssohn's St Paul, Op.36: Oratorio by Mendelssohn Produced Ten Years Before 'Elijah'

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Bach's St. Matthew Passion: Sacred Musical Work by a German Protestant Composer of Baroque Era

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Joseph Haydn's The Seasons: Die Jahreszeiten Inspired by Earlier Oratorio The Creation

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Mozart's First European Tour 1763: Aged 7, Mozart with Family Went on First Grand Tour in 1763-1766

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

California Composer Terry Riley: American Minimalist Influenced by Modernist Electron Experimentalism

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Death of Richard Bradshaw: Canadian Opera Company General Director Dies of Heart Failure

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Zenph Glenn Gould Re-Performance: Bach's Goldberg Variations CD Review

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Haitink/Krebbers' superb Beethoven: Haitink and Krebbers combine to record a magical Beethoven concerto

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By: Vlad Bourceanu

Lure of Paris for Harrow audience: Lure of Paris concert attracts the Harrow audience

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By: Vlad Bourceanu

Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah: Considered His Best Oratorio, at Par with Haydn's The Creation

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Joseph Haydn's The Creation: Oratorio 'Die Schöpfung' is Considered the Greatest Work of Haydn

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

The Making of Music: New BBC Radio 4 Program

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Museum of Historic Keyboards: Once Played by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Chopin, Mozart & Mahler

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By: Feature Writer Mari Nicholson

Songs from the Labyrinth: Sting Performs John Dowland Lute Songs

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Ecce Cor Meum CD Review: Paul McCartney's Oratorio Says All You Need Is Love

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

What is Chamber Music: Solo and small ensemble music for intimate gatherings

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By: Feature Writer Chad Criswell

Classical BRIT Music Awards: Oratorio By Sir Paul McCartney Wins

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Mstislav Rostropovich Dies: Commemorating the Death of World Famous Russian Cellist

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Richard Strauss: 20th Century Post-Romantic Composer

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

20th century Vienna Classics: Music from the Schonbronn Palace and the Konzerthaus

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By: Feature Writer Mari Nicholson

Handel's Messiah: Christian Oratorio for Easter, Christmas and Advent

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By: Feature Writer Tel Asiado

Joshua Bell Plays D.C. Metro: Violinist Part of Washington Post's Cultural Experiment

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Origins of Renaissance Music: Documents, Sources, and Composition of 15-16th Century English Music

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By: Henry Berry

Easter Oratorios: Music by Schütz, Handel, Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, and Pärt

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Bard SummerScape 2007: "Elgar and His World" Celebrates 150th Birthday of Edward Elgar

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Classical Piano Performers: Emanuel Ax, Andre Previn, Wilhelm Kempff

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

The Bach Family of Musicians: J. S. Bach, J. C. Bach, C. P. E. Bach, W.F. Bach

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Gregorian Chant: Plainchant and the Music of the Early Catholic Church

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By: Feature Writer Chad Criswell

Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto: Benny Goodman's Commission

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Music and Technology: Quirky Classical Music Videos from YouTube

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Dvorák's American String Quartet: Review of the St. Petersburg String Quartet's Most Recent Album

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Debussy's Études: Pedagogical Concert Pieces

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

The Sea Symphony CD Review: The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Performs Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 1

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Valery Gergiev and Kirov Orchestra: Stravinksy, Scriabin Abum Review

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

English Composer Edward Elgar: Graduation March Composer Celebrates Birthday

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Intro to the 20th-Century: A Compilation Album of 20th-Century Composition

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

The Nutcracker Ballet: Russian composer Tchaikovsky's Christmas Music

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

George Frideric Handel's Messiah: A German Composer's Christmas and Easter Oratorio

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Rachmaninoff CD Review: A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs His Solo Piano Works

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Beethoven's Symphonies: A Quick Guide to the German Composer's Nine Symphonies

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Us and Them: Symphonic Pink Floyd and Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

American Composer Aaron Copland: Composer of the American West

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Felix Mendelssohn: Romantic Composer With a Classical Flavor

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Renaissance Composer Thomas Tallis: Album Review: Spem in alium

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

American Composer Harry Partch: Twentieth-Century Experimentation with Just Intonation

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Swingle Singers: Classical Music as Vocal Performance

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

More Classical Music for Children: I Hate Music!, The Telephone, Amahl and the Night Visitors

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Hubert Parry: English Composer

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Dvorák's New World Symphony: America's Folk Music?

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

More Composer Birthdays: The Ages of Major Western Classical Music Composers

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Wagner on CBC: Canadian Opera Company to Perform Wagner's Ring Cycle

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Plot Synopsis of The Ring Cycle: Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Seigfried, and Götterdämmerung

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Porgy and Bess: George Gershwin's Folk Opera

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Gustav Holst's The Planets: A Seven-Movement Suite by an English composer

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Renée Fleming and Cecilia Bartoli: These female contralto, mezzo-soprano and soprano voices include Janet Baker and some of opera's best.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

John Adams Commemorates 9/11: His composition 'On the Transmigration of Souls' for the New York Ph

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Renaissance Composer William Byrd: English Catholic musician served under Protestant royals Queen Mary, Elizabeth Tudor and Henry VIII despite his loyalty to the Latin Mass

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Estonian Composer Arvo Pärt: Russian Catholic Orthodoz Church draws from minimalism, Perotin and Medieval Gregorian chants as inspiration.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique: 19th Century composer introduces narrative composition and program notes explaining the supernatural.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Theme Music from Wagner to Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique represents Hector's take on music as character a la Beethoven.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Building a Classical Music Library: A Review of Bill Parker's book to help the would-be classical collector with music appreciation.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

John Adam's Concerto Century Rolls: The player piano, Fats Weller, Gershwin, Zes Confrey, Ravel, and Debussy influence the maestro.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Beethoven Academie on eBay: Orchestra Auction shut down due to ownership and patronage issues.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Selling Orchestras Online: Private ownership of musicians from Haydn's Farewell Sympony No. 45 to Belgium's Beethoven Academie today.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro: The BBC version in Covent Gardens’ Royal Opera House won't incite soccer riots, but it and Don Giovanni was worthy of a class war in the 1700s.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

György Ligeti

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Did Salieri Suffer from Bad Press? Milós Forman’s 1984 screen adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus may have done Mozart's contemporary a disservice.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Non-Traditional Wedding Music: Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Handel and Steve Reich offer arrangements perfect for your nuptials.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues: 20th Century Romantic style that reinvents Bach's series of 24.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Mozart 250th Birthday in 2006: The Salzberg master authored 60 symphonies, 27 piano, 5 violin and 4

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Stravinsky Symphonies: CBS Records recording of the Columbia and CBC Symphony Orchestras present three of Stravinsky’s works conducted by the composer.

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

Classical Music for Children: Swan Lake, Peter and the Wolf, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, and more!

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

San Francisco Symphony CD Review: 'Variations and Shaker Loops' compositions by Adams and Reich

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By: Feature Writer Sarah Canice Funke

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