James Bennett II

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Aida Garifullina Sings Gounod At the World Cup Gala

Friday, June 15, 2018

Before she teamed up with Robbie Williams for the opening ceremony, Aida Garifullina joined an all-star classical roster for the World Cup Gala.
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Check Out These Arresting Artworks… On Pianos

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Sing for Hope places public pianos in spaces throughout NYC — after they’ve been touched-up by talented artists.
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Watch John Williams Throw Out the First Pitch at an Orioles Game

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Baltimore’s MLB club honored the composer / conductor during a pregame ceremony before a Boston Red Sox matchup.
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Is This the Hardest Job in New York City? Meet a Pro Piano Mover

Monday, June 11, 2018

It’s easy to find out how to move a piano, but what makes you decide to do it for a living? Piano mover William Browne shares how he got into the game.
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Beethoven and Cage Autographs Go Up for Auction

Friday, June 08, 2018

The auction house is selling autographed leaves from both Beethoven and John Cage.
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Admire the Belcea Quartet’s Masterful Performance of an Urgent, Tense Shostakovich Piece

Thursday, June 07, 2018

The Quartet teamed up with Polish Pianist Piotr Anderszewski for a recording of Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet.
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A New View of a George Szell Rehearsal

Thursday, June 07, 2018

A 1966 documentary tracks conductor George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra, and includes this moment rehearsing Beethoven’s Fifth.
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Ifetayo Ali-Landing Performs an Exquisite ‘Song of the Black Swan’

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

The 15-year old cellist has had quite a year, including appearances on ‘From the Top’ and ‘Chicago Tonight.’
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What’s Up With All Those Ricola Cough Drops At Carnegie Hall?

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Outside Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall has boxes filled with loads of Ricola cough drops. Why are they there?
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Eduardo Hubert Teams Up With Martha Argerich for Piazzolla’s "Oblivion"

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

The two Argentine pianists join forces to perform Hubert’s two-piano arrangement of Piazzolla’s recognizable tango.
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Glide Through Your Week with Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott’s Performance of ‘The Swan’

Monday, June 04, 2018

The pianist and cellist partnered up for an album, and recorded one of Saint-Saëns’s best-known works.
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A Gorgeous Monteverdi in a Stunningly Beautiful Monastery

Friday, June 01, 2018

Watch Collegium Vocale Gent perform an excerpt from Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ in a scenic Tuscan monastery.
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Listen to 13-Year-Old Violinist Clara Shen Play Pieces Old and New

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Clara Shen stepped into the 2018 Menuhin Competition ready to play a number of pieces — from a 1720 Bach to a 2018 Choi.
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Leonard Bernstein Introduces a Teenage André Watts

Thursday, May 31, 2018

During a New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert in 1963, Leonard Bernstein showcased a number of young talents — including a 16-year-old André Watts.
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WQXR Takes Live Music To Schools: Watch These Kids React to Prokofiev

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

WQXR is bringing interactive concerts to elementary schools across New York City, and the latest featured members of the Decoda Ensemble performing music from Prokofiev’s 'Trapèze.'
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9 Outdoor Venues We Wish We Were at This Summer

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Feast your eyes on a few of the worlds most beautiful — and geologically genius — outdoor music venues.
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What Roth Thought of Bach

Thursday, May 24, 2018

In her book Roth Unbound, journalist Claudia Roth Pierpont shares several anecdotes concerning the author — including this one about an Emerson Quartet performance at Carnegie Hall.
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Listen to this 1903 Recording of Grieg Playing a Piece for His Wife

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Grieg’s “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen” was written to celebrate his 25th anniversary with his wife Nina — and luckily for us, he left behind a recording of him performing it.
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Why Is the Viola the Butt of So Many Jokes?

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Musician or not, you've probably heard a viola diss. But why is this particular instrument always on the receiving end of these jokes?
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Watch Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s Royal Wedding Performance

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Whether you slept through the broadcast or are itching to hear it again, enjoy the young cellist’s spectacular performance.
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