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

Gustavo Dudamel led the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra to open the new season of concerts at Carnegie Hall Thursday, Oct. 6. Chris Lee/Carnegie Hall hide caption

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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.

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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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Hitting The Sweet Spot: Best Classical Of 2009

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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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.

From the Top

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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Ravel's 'Le Tombeau de Couperin'

August 21, 2008 • Maurice Ravel's "Le Tombeau de Couperin"

Music Lists

Leon Fleisher: A Piano Legend At 80

July 23, 2008 • Fleisher celebrates his 80th birthday Wednesday. Critic Tim Page chooses some of the pianist's finest recordings, highlighting Fleisher's remarkable career of triumph, loss, and rejuvenation.

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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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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.

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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.

Concerts

Jean-Yves Thibaudet in Concert

February 9, 2007 • The French pianist brings to the Disney Stage his nuanced and atmospheric interpretations of his countryman Maurice Ravel, one of the main figures in the musical impressionist movement. Thibaudet also puts his unique pianistic stamp on works by Robert Schumann.

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'Performance Today' at 20: A Look Back

January 31, 2007 • Twenty years of programs, two hours a day, every day. That's around 45-thousand performances, recorded in places as remote as alpine ski villages in South Korea, to the great cathedrals of music in Paris, to chamber music festivals in the hills of New Mexico, to NPR's own Studio 4-A. It's impossible to squeeze 20 years into two hours, so here are some sweet memories, thrilling performances, and even a few flukes.

'Performance Today' at 20: A Look Back

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Stephen Hough plays "Alborada del Gracioso"

October 10, 2006 • In concert in Oregon at Portland Piano International, Stephen Hough plays Maurice Ravel's "Alborada del Gracioso."

Stephen Hough plays "Alborada del Gracioso"

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Ravel's 'Mother Goose Suite,' Revisited

August 31, 2006 • Maurice Ravel had a habit of rearranging his music from piano to orchestra and back. In that spirit, Michael Stern leads a student orchestra in the finale to "The Fairy Garden"; Viviane Loriaut plays "Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas"; and the Paratore Brothers play "Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty" and "Hop-o-My Thumb."

New Music

Ravel for Three: Argerich, Freire and Cheng

July 27, 2006 • The grand champions of duo-piano, Martha Argerich and Nelson Freire play an encore from their concert at the Grand Theatre in Quebec: Ravel's "Laideronette — Empress of the Pagodas." Then, Angela Cheng plays Ondine from Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit.

Ravel for Three: Argerich, Freire and Cheng

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In Performance

Russian National Orchestra in Concert

July 21, 2006 • Fred Child, host of NPR's Performance Today, hosts an exclusive webcast from Festival del Sole, featuring pianist Piotr Anderszewski and violinist Nikolaj Znaider, with Stephane Deneve conducting the Russian National Orchestra.

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Graffman Says Goodbye

May 31, 2006 • Gary Graffman, president of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, says goodbye Wednesday after 20 years as director of the influential music school. From Graffman's farewell concert, we'll hear him solo in the Concerto for Piano Left Hand by Maurice Ravel. Christoph Eschenbach leads the Curtis Symphony Orchestra.

Graffman Says Goodbye

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Concerts

NPR at La Jolla: Schub Plays Chopin, Ravel

August 19, 2004 • NPR's Fred Child is on stage at the Bishop's School in La Jolla, Calif., for SummerFest 2004. He talks with pianist Andre-Michel Schub, who plays music by Chopin and Ravel. Schub is joined by SummerFest Artistic Director Cho-Liang (Jimmy) Lin on violin.

NPR at La Jolla: Schub Plays Chopin, Ravel

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In Performance

Quartetto Gelato Performs Ravel, Kodaly

August 12, 2004 • The eclectic Canadian chamber ensemble performs and discusses its innovative music. The group has been playing a wide-ranging repertoire of everything from sonatas to tangos for over 10 years.

Quartetto Gelato Performs Ravel, Kodaly

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Bolero's Industrious Nature

July 15, 2004 • Bolero is perhaps best known from the 1979 movie 10 soundtrack. But Maurice Ravel didn't strictly have romance in mind when he composed the classic piece, music commentator Miles Hoffman says.

Bolero's Industrious Nature

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