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ClassicalCrumb: British composer Anna Meredith’s fanfare-heavy “Nautilus”
British composer Anna Meredith has a new piece, which consists of fanfares and a sense of progression not unlike a dance track. Check it out below. -Jordy Kasko Stream: Anna Meredith – “Nautilus&#
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Video: “Love’s a Rondo” is classical-jazz fusion from NYC group Blues Control
Here’s a fun slice of classical/jazz/rock fusion from NYC improv collective Blues Control. Name recalls a famous Dave Brubeck piece. -Jordy Kasko Video: Blues Control – “Love’s a Rondo&#
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ClassicalCrumb: Gustav Holst – “Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity” from The Planets
Early twentieth century English composer Gustav Holst made his mark in human history when he created The Planets. His most famous work, and also his finest, The Planets are innovative, creative, and inspire the
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ClassicalCrumb: Antonin Dvořák – “Songs My Mother Taught Me”
Antonin Dvořák came from very modest roots. Born in 1841 in Prague, he was the son of a man that was a butcher, innkeeper, and zither player. His music always celebrated the roots of
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ClassicalCrumb: Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18 No. 2
Beethoven had a lot to prove in the world of quartet writing. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had stellar quartets that dazzled audiences and his teacher, Joseph Haydn, had prolific amounts of charming and witty quartets.
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ClassicalCrumb: André Previn – Four Songs
This week I give you a trifecta of American artistry. André Previn wrote his Four Songs for the stellar vocalist Silvia Mcnair in 1994 for a Lincon Center concert in New York City. What
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ClassicalCrumb: Charles Ives – Piano Sonata no. 2, mvt. 3: “The Alcotts”
Charles Ives lived from 1874 through 1954. Born in the state of Connecticut, he is the first prolific American- born composer in history. Ives spent 30 years of his life in insurance but ultimately
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ClassicalCrumb: Pytor Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1
I have been aching to write about Tchaikovsky’s famous first piano concerto. I have joyously relieved the opening melody over and over for weeks since I saw the powerful and disturbing pool scene from
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ClassicalCrumb: Dmitri Schostakovich – Symphony no. 5
The classical journey takes us to Stalinist Russia and Schostakovich's Fifth Symphony; Anna Seda explains both in detail
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ClassicalCrumb: John Tavener – The Protecting Veil
Anna Seda examines John Tavener's "The Protecting Veil," a starkly conservative answer to the avant-garde classical music of the 70s and 80s
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ClassicalCrumb: Maurice Ravel – L’heure Espagnole
Anna Seda details Ravel's opera "L'heure Espagnole," which employs unique mise en scene with but the use of clocks
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ClassicalCrumb: Rebel’s Les Elemens mvt. 1 – “Le Cahos”
Les Elemens unveils the creation of the world. Within the preface to the score, Rebel describes the piece as representing “the confusion that prevails among the elements before that moment in which, subject to
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