Classical%20Music

November 10, 2012 – Perhaps the world's most recognized contemporary composer, Williams calls retiring "unthinkable."

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November 9, 2012 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

November 9, 2012 – Lamenting Carter's death, trouble in Spokane and another award for Dudamel: what you need to read.

November 8, 2012 – Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener try to make beautiful music.

November 7, 2012 – Carter's vital new ideas changed 20th-century music. The composer died Monday at 103.

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November 7, 2012 – The acclaimed Quartet performs two of Beethoven's grand and enigmatic final string quartets. WQXR

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November 6, 2012 – The composer, who won two Pulitzers for his adventurous music, died in New York.

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November 6, 2012 – Hear an excerpt from an excellent album of cellist Alisa Weilerstein playing music classic and new.

November 5, 2012 – In concert, hear the pianist make up a tune on the spot featuring the two presidential candidates.

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November 5, 2012 – In the midst of crisis, music can mitigate the pain. Tell us what you're listening to, post-Sandy.

November 3, 2012 – A conductor considers scores in her personal library that were struck by Hurricane Sandy.

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November 2, 2012 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

November 2, 2012 – Sandy's effect on classical musicians, creating a Cloud Atlas masterpiece and a Glyndebourne death.

November 1, 2012 – Watch excerpts from contemporary operas that grapple with today's top political issues head-on.

October 31, 2012 – Put on your musical meteorologist cap to identify the musical tempests in this interactive puzzler.