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The day before his final broadcast after 25 years as host of Performance Today, Fred Child joined Tom Crann to reflect on a quarter-century of a program that Child describes as “a place to share music and ideas together.” -
In case you missed it, on Saturday, October 11th a stellar group of musicians gathered at the request and passion of Rochester mezzo-soprano Jessica Ann Best, to "Sing for your Station" - a concert to benefit WXXI Classical.
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Snider's supercharged relationship with her art form and open-book stance on depression and anxiety shine through in her new opera, which debuts this week in Los Angeles. -
The Spanish singer Rosalía talks about her new album 'Lux,' a head-spinning, epic album that features classical music, opera and the artist singing in 13 languages. -
For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.) -
The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces stimulated by Bach's cello suites. -
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Tea Leaves traces the legacy of tea across Nigeria, Brazil, Jamaica, the American South, and beyond. Through music and poetry, it examines tea as commodity, ritual, and sustenance, and its enduring role in the lives of Black communities. -
Known for his intellectual and illuminating touch on the podium, the refined conductor was also surprisingly outspoken when it came to politics and his peers.
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