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The Calidore String Quartet performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 5, 2019 (Amr Alfiky/NPR). Amr Alfiky/NPR hide caption
The Pulitzer Prize-winning Become Ocean by John Luther Adams is one of NPR Classical's favorite albums of 2014. Cantaloupe hide caption
In a scene from the Cleveland Orchestra's The Cunning Little Vixen, two actors (Julie Boulianne as Dog and Martina Jankova as Vixen) appear from behind a computer-animated backdrop. Roger Mastroianni/Cleveland Orchestra hide caption
Madama Butterfly is one of many unhappy moms in opera. Patrick Riviere/Getty Images hide caption
Composer Peter Lieberson wrote his Neruda Songs for his wife, mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Johansen Krause/Peter Lieberson hide caption
Soprano Cheryl Barker (as Jenůfa) and tenor Peter Wedd (as Luca) sing in a production of Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa from Opera Australia. Patrick Riviere/Getty Images hide caption
A new album by Cappella Amsterdam explores rarely performed choral music by Leos Janáček. Marco Borggreve/Harmonia Mundi hide caption
If you know the end of the world is imminent, what music do you give one last listen?
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Marcus Pelz, Marian Talaba, Janice Watson and Deborah Polaski in 'Katya Kabanova' at the Vienna State Opera. Michael Pöhn/Vienna State Opera hide caption
'The Cunning Little Vixen' at Avery Fisher Hall, June 21, 2011. Chris Lee/New York Philharmonic hide caption
Children in Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, being staged at the New York Philharmonic June 22-25, 2011. Chris Lee/courtesy of the New York Philharmonic hide caption
The Vixen (Isabel Bayrakdarian) sows seeds of discontent among the barnyard animals. New Press Photo Firenze/Maggio Musicale Fiorentino hide caption
Charles Mackerras championed the music of Leoš Janáček. Erich Auerbach / Hulton Archive / Getty Images hide caption
Janacek: Sinfonietta – 1st movement
Charles Mackerras conducts the Vienna Philharmonic (Decca 410138)
Conductor Charles Mackerras, photographed in 1974, will be remembered for rebuilding the reputation of Czech composer Leos Janacek. Getty Images hide caption
Mackerras Conducts Janacek (from 'Kat'a Kabanova')
Czech composer Leos Janacek sent a non-stop stream of more than 700 love letters to a much younger, married woman; she inspired many of his best works. iStock hide caption
'String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters" (Moderato: Adagio)' by The Schoenberg Quartet
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