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Music And Mayhem: A Diary Of Classical Albums For A Troubled 2020

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Music And Mayhem: A Diary Of Classical Albums For A Troubled 2020

December 21, 2020 • NPR Music's classical editor traces the high points of a year spent listening to new albums that offered comfort and confrontation in counterpoint with the relentless world outside the headphones.

Underground Railroad: A Conductor And Passengers Documented In Music

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Underground Railroad: A Conductor And Passengers Documented In Music

January 20, 2020 • When it comes to the Underground Railroad, everyone knows Harriet Tubman. But a new oratorio sheds light on a different, key figure named William Still.

Underground Railroad: A Conductor And Passengers Documented In Music

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Hilary Hahn, 'In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores'

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Hilary Hahn, 'In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores'

November 3, 2013 • The resourceful young violinist asked for brand-new encores — and, boy, did she get them. Hear fascinating works by 27 contemporary composers, written especially for Hilary Hahn.

Hilary Hahn, 'In 27 Pieces'

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Musical Google Earth: Composer Paul Moravec's Sense Of Place

The mountainside Montserrat monastery, north of Barcelona, inspired Paul Moravec to write a cello concerto. Luis Davilla/Cover/Getty Images hide caption

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Musical Google Earth: Composer Paul Moravec's Sense Of Place

January 22, 2013 • The Pulitzer Prize winner has written pieces inspired by places as far flung as Venice, New Hampshire and a monastery in the mountains of Northern Spain. These dramatically diverse locations spawned picturesque musical ideas ranging from classical to jazz to klezmer.

Sing Out Mr. President: Eisenhower's Cold War Strength

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Sing Out Mr. President: Eisenhower's Cold War Strength

February 18, 2011 • Paul Moravec mixes Revolutionary War music with Cold War sentiment in his setting of words from Ike.

'Eisenhower Round' by Paul Moravec

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Best CDs of 2006

Best Classical CDs of 2006, from WGBH

December 29, 2006 • Brian McCreath is host of Classical Weekend on Boston-based NPR station WGBH. Here, he compiles a list of the five best classical CDs to emerge this year, ranging from the complete Mozart to the works of contemporary composer Paul Moravec (left).