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Marin Alsop on Music

The Baltimore Symphony music director offers commentary on a broad assortment of classical music.

Recent Marin Alsop on Music

Stride piano pioneer James P. Johnson had dreams of becoming a successful symphonic composer.

February 2, 2013 Conductor Marin Alsop retraces her steps in uncovering symphonic work of James P. Johnson.

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The traditional Jewish Kaddish prayer gets turned on its head in Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 3.

September 29, 2012 Conductor Marian Alsop muses on her mentor's most religious symphony, which raises many questions.

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Sergei Prokofiev (pictured) wrote a Fifth Symphony that has special resonance in Sao Paulo for conductor Marin Alsop.

July 21, 2012 An American conductor explains why Russian music suits her Sao Paolo orchestra.

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British composer Edward Elgar, seated at his desk at Severn House in Hampstead. His Symphony No. 1 was hailed as the best British symphony ever when it debuted in 1908.

May 5, 2012 Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the enduring qualities of the English composer's first symphony.

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