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Listen Simone Dinnerstein's Bach Between The Notes
October 18, 2012 – Hear the celebrated Bach specialist play the tranquil Partita No. 1 in the NPR studio.
Listen Philadelphia Orchestra Reboots With New Music Director
October 18, 2012 – The world-renowned orchestra has revitalized, adding the youthful energy of Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Read Esa-Pekka Salonen's Excellent Violin Adventure
October 16, 2012 – The composer-conductor's award-winning Violin Concerto makes a stunning CD debut.
Listen Budapest Quartet Gets To The Heart Of Beethoven
October 16, 2012 – Critic Lloyd Schwartz says the group's versions of Beethoven's string quartets are incomparable.
Read Schumann Of The Apes
October 12, 2012 – Fridays are funnier with a cartoon at noon from Deceptive Cadence.
Read Masur And Levine On Parkinson's, Animating Wild Things And Shattering A Stereotype
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Masur And Levine On Parkinson's, Animating Wild Things And Shattering A Stereotype
October 12, 2012 – From around the classical internet, all the week's news that's fit to link.
Listen Schumann's Culture Of Musical Nostalgia
October 11, 2012 – The pianist asserts Robert Schumann was the first to imbue a longing for the past in his own music.
Listen During Lockout Season, Orchestra Musicians Grapple With Their Future
October 10, 2012 – American symphonies have just begun a new season — but many musicians have yet to play a note.
Listen Jonathan Biss: Meet The Schumanns (And Their Cryptic Communications)
October 10, 2012 – The pianist performs Robert Schumann's music and decodes musical love notes to his wife Clara.
Listen Jonathan Biss: Shooting Down The Schumann Detractors APM
October 9, 2012 – The acclaimed pianist performs and defends music by a misunderstood composer. APM
Read 5 Things You Never Knew About Schumann
October 8, 2012 – A guide to the misunderstood composer from the author of a newly reissued biography.
Read First Listen: 'REWORK_Philip Glass Remixed'
October 7, 2012 – Celebrate Glass' 75th birthday with inventive remixes by Beck, Dan Deacon, Tyondai Braxton and more.
Listen The MacArthur 'Genius' Bow Maker Who Makes Violins Sing
October 6, 2012 – Over four decades, Benoit Rolland has made more than 1,400 bows for violins, violas and cellos.
Read #wheresthebeat
October 5, 2012 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
Read (More) Lockouts, Lawsuits And Losses
October 5, 2012 – A roundup of all the classical news that's fit to link.