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American Anthem: The Playlist

July 1, 2019 • Sometimes, a song isn't just a song: It's shorthand for an idea. Hear the music of NPR's American Anthem series, on songs that rouse, unite, celebrate and call to action.

How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American Music To Itself

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How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American Music To Itself

November 24, 2018 • Sometimes it takes an outsider to see a culture clearly. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's Ninth Symphony was an ode to what American music could become.

How The 'New World' Symphony Introduced American Music To Itself

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Magdalena Kozena's Labor of 'Love And Longing'

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Magdalena Kozena's Labor of 'Love And Longing'

August 7, 2012 • The mezzo-soprano's mastery of expression in a wide variety of music shines on her new album, a collaboration with her husband, conductor Simon Rattle.

Life Yields to Love in Dvorak's 'Rusalka'

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Life Yields to Love in Dvorak's 'Rusalka'

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March 25, 2011 • A water nymph sacrifices her immortality for the love of a prince, only to be rejected. But somehow, this fairy-tale inspired opera still has a romantic ending, if not a happy one.

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Conductor Yakov Kreizberg Dead at 51

March 16, 2011 • The lauded music director of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic died peacefully after a long, bravely fought illness, according to his manager.

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2010 Gramophone Award Winners Announced

October 4, 2010 • The venerable British classical music magazine has announced winners in 24 categories.

William Byrd: "Domine non sum dignus" (The Cardinall's Musick/Andrew Carwood, dir.)

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First Loves: Cellist Zuill Bailey's Front Row Revelation

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First Loves: Cellist Zuill Bailey's Front Row Revelation

September 21, 2010 • The cellist recalls how sneaking into a first-row seat at a concert by Mstislav Rostropovich forever changed his view of music's role in our lives.

Dvorak: Cello Concerto, excerpt (Mstislav Rostropovich/Berlin Philharmonic)

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The Emerson Quartet At (Le) Poisson Rouge

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The Emerson Quartet At (Le) Poisson Rouge

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April 26, 2010 • After more than 35 years together, the Emerson String Quartet has performed in the finest chamber-music venues the world over. On Monday night, for the first time, they played at Le Poisson Rouge.

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 - Allegretto

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Christoph Eschenbach Conducts The L.A. Philharmonic

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Christoph Eschenbach Conducts The L.A. Philharmonic

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April 20, 2010 • The dark days of the conductor's troubled childhood brightened when he was exposed to music. Hear Christoph Eschenbach in concert, leading the L.A. Philharmonic in music by Dvorak and Szymanowski.

Christoph Eschenbach Conducts The L.A. Philharmonic

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Dvorak's Symphony For A 'New World'

November 24, 2009 • The Bohemian composer claimed that "everyone who has a nose must smell America" in his Symphony No. 9. But rather than serve as a musical postcard from abroad, Dvorak's Symphony From the New World ultimately serves as more of a fond look back toward home.

Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Dvorak's Symphony No. 9

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Losing It All For Love: Dvorak's 'Rusalka'

November 6, 2009 • In Dvorak's dream-like opera, a little mermaid abandons immortality for love, but her ultimate sacrifice goes unrewarded. Soprano Ana Maria Martinez stars as Rusalka in a production from the 2009 Glyndebourne Festival.

An Audio Introduction to the Opera

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Master Cellist Plays Dvorak's Classic Concerto

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Master Cellist Plays Dvorak's Classic Concerto

March 3, 2009 • Mstislav Rostropovich defined for his era the art and technique of playing the cello. His performance of Dvorak's stirring Cello Concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic remains one of classical music's most lauded recordings.

Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Dvorak's Cello Concerto

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Beaux Arts Trio Bids Farewell At Tanglewood

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August 19, 2008 • Led by founding member Menahem Pressler, the Beaux Arts Trio performs an emotion-laden final U.S. concert at the Tanglewood Music Festival in Massachusetts, the venue where the ensemble got its start 53 years ago.

Beaux Arts Trio Bids Farewell At Tanglewood

Marin Alsop on Music

Dvorak's Symphonic Journey to the 'New World'

April 18, 2008 • Czech composer Antonin Dvorak wrote his New World Symphony in New York. Conductor Marin Alsop sees the work as Dvorak's symphony of self-discovery, filled with the sounds of new places and nostalgic nods to his homeland.

Hear Alsop discuss Dvorak on 'Weekend Edition Saturday'

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Dvorak's 'American Quartet' Via St. Petersburg

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April 1, 2008 • The members of the St. Petersburg String Quartet reminisce about the good old days of Soviet government support of the arts, and give an intimate performance of Dvorak's "American" Quartet at Boston's WGBH radio studio.

Dvorak's 'American Quartet' Via St. Petersburg

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The New York Philharmonic Plays Pyongyang

February 26, 2008 • In an act of symphonic diplomacy, conductor Lorin Maazel takes the New York Philharmonic on a historic visit to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, armed with music by Gershwin and Dvorak. But the unprecedented event is not without criticism.

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New York Philharmonic Set for North Korea Show

February 25, 2008 • The New York Philharmonic will perform Tuesday at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea. The concert represents an historic occasion, as a prominent U.S. cultural institution visits an isolated nation.

New York Philharmonic Set for North Korea Show

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Composing the American Frontier

February 5, 2008 • A nation's topography can be linked to its identity and its cultural expression in the arts. In the case of the U.S., the "West" has exercised a central fascination and influence, which is audible in the lean, uncluttered "Western" idiom of symphonic speech.

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Baltimore's Confident New Conductor

September 26, 2007 • Conductor Marin Alsop recently made history by being named the first woman to head a major American orchestra. She plans to lead the Baltimore Symphony in a mix of cutting-edge contemporary pieces and core classics.

Hear Alsop Conduct Dvorak's Symphony No. 7

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Master Cellist, Conductor Rostropovich Dies at 80

April 27, 2007 • Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, who courageously fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, died Friday in Moscow. He was 80.

Master Cellist, Conductor Rostropovich Dies at 80

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Arriving with a Whisper: Isserlis on Dvorak

May 22, 2006 • Performance Today is all about great concert moments. Sometimes they arrive with a bang and sometimes with a whisper. Steven Isserlis closes out a concert at the 92nd Street Y in New York City with a whisper: one of the four Romantic pieces by Dvorak. He's assisted by pianist Ana-Maria Vera.

Arriving with a Whisper: Isserlis on Dvorak

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Young Artist in Residence

Dvorak and Copland from Violinist Colin Jacobsen

November 30, 2005 • In the third day of his week long stint as Performance Today's Young Artist in Residence, violinist Colin Jacobsen joins pianist Marija Stroke in works by Czech and American composers.

Dvorak and Copland from Violinist Colin Jacobsen

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