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Tuesday June 20, 2017

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Watch Conductor Simon Rattle Turn Into A High-Tech Tangle Of Spaghetti

June 20, 2017 • With the aid of motion capture technology, and an imaginative digital artist, the gestures of the London Symphony Orchestra's conductor are transformed into trippy new animations.

Monday November 23, 2015

Beethoven Symphonies At Carnegie Hall Via Berlin

Conductor Simon Rattle took his Berlin Philharmonic and symphonies by Beethoven to Carnegie Hall for a week-long residency. AJ Wilhelm/NPR hide caption

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Beethoven Symphonies At Carnegie Hall Via Berlin

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November 23, 2015 • From an all-Beethoven residency week, hear the storied Berlin Philharmonic play the profound Sixth and witty Eighth with conductor Simon Rattle.

Beethoven Symphonies At Carnegie Hall Via Berlin

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Wednesday October 1, 2014

Carnegie Hall Live: An Opening Night Gala With The Berlin Philharmonic

Conductor Simon Rattle leads the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall on October 1, 2014. A.J. Wilhelm for NPR hide caption

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Carnegie Hall Live: An Opening Night Gala With The Berlin Philharmonic

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October 1, 2014 • Stream a performance by the stellar Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Simon Rattle in a program of Rachmaninov, Bruch and Stravinsky with dazzling violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter.

Carnegie Hall Live: An Opening Night Gala With The Berlin Philharmonic

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Tuesday February 11, 2014

Classical Couples: Sweethearts Sharing The Stage

Soprano Ailyn Perez and tenor Stephen Costello met in music school. Now married, the couple sings together around the world — as in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet at Opera Philadelphia in 2001. Kelly & Massa Photography/Opera Philadelphia hide caption

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Classical Couples: Sweethearts Sharing The Stage

February 11, 2014 • For Valentine's Day, get to know pairs of lovebirds making beautiful music together. "It's always nice to be onstage and get a little alone time — even if there's an orchestra of a hundred and an audience of 2000," says conductor David Robertson, who is married to pianist Orli Shaham.

Friday January 11, 2013

Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

Conductor Simon Rattle, who has reportedly told the Berlin Philharmonic he will leave his post there in 2018. Thomas Rabsch/courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

January 11, 2013 • The Berlin Phil's Simon Rattle says the clock is ticking and the Chicago Symphony's Riccardo Muti has the flu. All the classical music world's news, collected for your pleasure. Plus: Sotheby's lets others sell violins and a tenor gripes about models.

Saturday December 22, 2012

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Best Music Of 2012

NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums Of 2012

December 22, 2012 • The albums that sum up our year span genres and borders. From Astro to Wadada Leo Smith, Fiona Apple to Frank Ocean, here are 50 albums that made 2012 great.

"ILLuminate (featuring Kendrick Lamar)"

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Tuesday August 7, 2012

Magdalena Kozena's Labor of 'Love And Longing'

Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená collaborated with a conductor she knows well, the Berlin Philharmonic's Simon Rattle — who's also her husband. Mathias Bothor/DG hide caption

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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.

Sunday August 5, 2012

Headbanging Bruckner And Debussy In Black And White

The young pianist Inon Barnatan plays Debussy and Ravel with striking assurance. Avie Records hide caption

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Headbanging Bruckner And Debussy In Black And White

August 5, 2012 • NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

Headbanging Bruckner And Debussy In Black And White

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Tuesday April 10, 2012

Bach's St. Matthew Passion: Ritualized And Riveting

Mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená with violinist Daniel Stabrawa and tenor Mark Padmore perform in Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Andreas Knapp/Berlin Philharmonic hide caption

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Bach's St. Matthew Passion: Ritualized And Riveting

April 10, 2012 • Watch an excerpt of Peter Sellars' semi-staged "ritualization" of Bach's dramatic passion story.

Friday February 24, 2012

The Berlin Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall

Simon Rattle conducts Mahler and Wolf at Carnegie Hall Saturday, February 25, 2012. Torsten Kjellstrand for NPR hide caption

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Classics in Concert

The Berlin Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall

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February 24, 2012 • Simon Rattle leads a performance of Mahler's immense and searching Second Symphony.

The Berlin Philharmonic At Carnegie Hall

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Wednesday November 3, 2010

Dinner With The Dead: Simon Rattle Shares Humor With Haydn

Conductor Simon Rattle has a special affinity for Haydn and his music. Peter Adamik hide caption

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Dinner With The Dead: Simon Rattle Shares Humor With Haydn

November 3, 2010 • The Berlin Philharmonic conductor has a soft spot in his heart for Josef Haydn, who could provide plenty of laughs if the two could share a meal together.

Hear Rattle conduct Haydn: Symphony No. 89 in F: III. Menuetto (Berlin Philharmonic)

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