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High Low Duo, 'The Enchanted Garden'

October 20, 2021 • Like singing in close harmony, a pair of guitars intertwine, finishing each other's phrases with radiant transparency in Ravel's magic garden.

Gustavo Dudamel Opens Carnegie Hall Season With 'The Rite Of Spring'

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Gustavo Dudamel Opens Carnegie Hall Season With 'The Rite Of Spring'

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October 3, 2016 • The charismatic conductor first heard Stravinsky's rambunctious music when he was just 8. Watch him lead the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela live on Thursday night.

Spring For Music: Detroit Symphony Orchestra At Carnegie Hall

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Spring For Music: Detroit Symphony Orchestra At Carnegie Hall

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May 13, 2013 • Pink Martini singer Storm Large joins Leonard Slatkin and the orchestra for Kurt Weill's satirical Seven Deadly Sins, in a program bookended by composers who straddled the turn of the last century.

Spring For Music: Detroit Symphony Orchestra At Carnegie Hall

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The Philadelphia Orchestra At Carnegie Hall

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The Philadelphia Orchestra At Carnegie Hall

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January 17, 2013 • Led by new music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the the Philadelphia Orchestra shows off in virtuoso works by Ravel and Shostakovich, as well as a rarely heard concerto with an exceptional violinist.

The Philadelphia Orchestra At Carnegie Hall

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Gustavo Dudamel Conducts 'The Rite Of Spring' In Concert

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Classics in Concert

Gustavo Dudamel Conducts 'The Rite Of Spring' In Concert

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October 1, 2012 • "It's like Stravinsky wrote the piece one week ago," says Los Angeles Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel, who leads this iconic score and a world premiere by Pulitzer-winner Steven Stucky.

Gustavo Dudamel Discusses 'The Rite of Spring' With KUSC's Brian Lauritzen

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Magdalena Kozena's Labor of 'Love And Longing'

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Deceptive Cadence

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.

Daniel Hope: A Renaissance Man In Savannah

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Classics in Concert

Daniel Hope: A Renaissance Man In Savannah

April 5, 2012 • Amidst concerts, recordings, books and music videos, violinist Daniel Hope finds the time to settle down in Georgia each spring as the associate artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival.

Daniel Hope: A Renaissance Man In Savannah

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Pastoral Passion: Ravel's 'Daphnis and Chloe'

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Pastoral Passion: Ravel's 'Daphnis and Chloe'

July 21, 2009 • Ravel's magical orchestration and subtle sensuality bring an aura of poetry to this pastoral drama. Jean Martinon guides the Chicago Symphony in this 1964 recording.

Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Ravel's 'Daphnis and Chloe'

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Ask Your Doctor About Prescription Bolero

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Deceptive Cadence

Ask Your Doctor About Prescription Bolero

January 20, 2012 • Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

Ebene Quartet: The Art Of The French String Quartet

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Ebene Quartet: The Art Of The French String Quartet

July 13, 2011 • Hear the versatile group play Ravel, Debussy and Fauré at the Savannah Music Festival.

Ebene Quartet: The Art Of The French String Quartet

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Up close and very personal: young listeners get a taste of classical music at New York's Baby Got Bach. Ali Winberry/courtesy of Baby Got Bach hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

Crayons, Jam Sessions And Duck Quacks

May 19, 2011 • How pianist Orli Shaham coaxes preschoolers to take in Bach, Schumann and Ravel: by encouraging active engagement with the music.

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Ravel's 'Boléro,' Bastardized

May 4, 2011 • Ravel was famously dismissive of conductors fooling around with his most famous work. What would he have made of an all-ukulele version?

Listen To A 'Boléro' Montage

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The multinational ensemble Spira Mirabilis performs in places you wouldn't expect to hear classical music -- but they prepare as if they were playing in Carnegie Hall. Luigi Ottani hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

Random Acts Of Classical Music

November 10, 2010 • Spontaneous performances in public places, or flash concerts, have grown increasingly popular in the past year, as classical musicians look for a way to revive the music and reach a wider audience.

String Quartet Soulmates: Ravel and Adams

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String Quartet Soulmates: Ravel and Adams

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June 30, 2010 • When composer John Adams heard the St. Lawrence Quartet play Beethoven, creative doors started flying open. Inspired by the musicians, and the music of Maurice Ravel, Adams wrote his very first string quartet.

String Quartet Soulmates: Ravel and Adams

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Favorite Sessions

Pierre-Laurent Aimard's Piano Francais

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May 13, 2010 • The French pianist focuses on modern music from his homeland, playing short pieces by Ravel, Boulez and Messiaen at the WGBH studio in Boston.

Hear Aimard Perform In The WGBH Studio

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Dante Quartet: Stirring Up Impressionist Energy

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Dante Quartet: Stirring Up Impressionist Energy

March 17, 2010 • The Dante Quartet's performances of the Debussy and Ravel string quartets are etched more than most, as if they'd used fine brush strokes to carve musical shapes, rather than broad strokes that would create more wash of the musical colors.

Dante Quartet: Stirring Up Impressionist Energy

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Tiny Desk

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Tiny Desk Concert

December 21, 2009 • The adventurous ensemble has been widely praised for its risk-taking attitude.

Audio Only: Australian Chamber Orchestra's Tiny Desk Concert

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The Best Music Of 2009

Hitting The Sweet Spot: Best Classical Of 2009

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December 18, 2009 • When classical musicians literally play to their own strengths, magic can happen. Hear today's top classical musicians revisit the music they know and love best in recordings chosen by Boston's WGBH.

Christopher O'Riley: Reliving A Love For Ravel

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From the Top

Christopher O'Riley: Reliving A Love For Ravel

November 6, 2009 • Ravel's piano suite Le Tombeau de Couperin harkens back to old music and old friends. Pianist Christopher O'Riley renews his love for the piece, which captivated him as a young conservatory student. Watch him perform the opening "Prelude."

Music Lists

Classical Music Memorials

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May 22, 2009 • Memorial Day might signal the unofficial start of summer fun, but its true purpose is to commemorate those who have died in service to the country. Hear five musical expressions of uncommon power and beauty, reminding listeners of both what has been lost and what we value most.

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Teens Tackle the Classics in San Francisco

January 7, 2009 • This week, from San Francisco's Herbst Theatre, a 12-year-old pianist confronts a tricky Hungarian Rhapsody, a teen string quartet plays music by Ravel, and a virtuoso clarinetist from Costa Rica confesses his nostalgia for soccer and salsa dancing.

Teens Tackle the Classics in San Francisco

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Kids, Keyboards and Classics

November 5, 2008 • From the International Institute for Young Musicians in Lawrence, Kan., it's an all piano program featuring kids from ages 12 to 16, playing Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Chopin.

Kids, Keyboards and Classics

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