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Conversation Between The Keys: Víkingur Ólafsson Meets Debussy And Rameau

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Conversation Between The Keys: Víkingur Ólafsson Meets Debussy And Rameau

March 27, 2020 • On his new album, the rising pianist once called "Iceland's Glenn Gould" offers a dialogue between two radical French composers born nearly 200 years apart.

Our Daily Breather: Tom Huizenga On Víkingur Ólafsson's Restorative Rameau

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Our Daily Breather: Tom Huizenga On Víkingur Ólafsson's Restorative Rameau

March 20, 2020 • In a time of striving to keep ourselves and our environments pathogen-free, Our Daily Breather seeks guidance on the health of the psyche. Tom Huizenga has been turning to a calming piano performance.

Talk Like An Opera Geek: The Age Of 'Serious Opera'

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Talk Like An Opera Geek: The Age Of 'Serious Opera'

February 29, 2012 • Opera seria, with its prescribed plots and extravagant music, dominated 18th-century opera.

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Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

August 24, 2011 • After an earthquake rattles the East Coast, we take a lighthearted look at some famous — and not so well-known — sonic shudders.

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An Audio Introduction To The Opera

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Reinventing Opera: Rameau's 'Castor and Pollux'

May 2, 2008 • In the 1730's, Rameau's boldly emotional new operas nearly caused riots among the conservative music lovers of Paris. The unabashedly passionate drama Castor and Pollux is one of his best.

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Music Interviews

Classical Detours: Christopher O'Riley

April 14, 2006 • "Classical Detours" explores music beyond the standard classics. Pianist Christopher O'Riley joins Fred Child to play familiar music from the Suite in E major by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Then he introduces his own transcriptions of music by Elliott Smith of alt-rock fame.

Classical Detours: Christopher O'Riley

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Jean-Philippe Rameau

Deceptive Cadence

Conversation Between The Keys: Víkingur Ólafsson Meets Debussy And Rameau

Our Daily Breather

Our Daily Breather: Tom Huizenga On Víkingur Ólafsson's Restorative Rameau

Deceptive Cadence

Talk Like An Opera Geek: The Age Of 'Serious Opera'

Deceptive Cadence

Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

Deceptive Cadence

The 6 Days Of Christmas Puzzler

Music

Rameau's Last Tango: 'Hippolyte Et Aricie'

An Audio Introduction To The Opera

Music

Reinventing Opera: Rameau's 'Castor and Pollux'

An Audio Introduction to 'Castor and Pollux'

Music Interviews

Classical Detours: Christopher O'Riley

Classical Detours: Christopher O'Riley