James Bennett II

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What’s Up With All Those Ricola Cough Drops At Carnegie Hall?

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Outside Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall has boxes filled with loads of Ricola cough drops. Why are they there?
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Eduardo Hubert Teams Up With Martha Argerich for Piazzolla’s "Oblivion"

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

The two Argentine pianists join forces to perform Hubert’s two-piano arrangement of Piazzolla’s recognizable tango.
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Glide Through Your Week with Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott’s Performance of ‘The Swan’

Monday, June 04, 2018

The pianist and cellist partnered up for an album, and recorded one of Saint-Saëns’s best-known works.
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A Gorgeous Monteverdi in a Stunningly Beautiful Monastery

Friday, June 01, 2018

Watch Collegium Vocale Gent perform an excerpt from Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ in a scenic Tuscan monastery.
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Listen to 13-Year-Old Violinist Clara Shen Play Pieces Old and New

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Clara Shen stepped into the 2018 Menuhin Competition ready to play a number of pieces — from a 1720 Bach to a 2018 Choi.
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Leonard Bernstein Introduces a Teenage André Watts

Thursday, May 31, 2018

During a New York Philharmonic Young People’s Concert in 1963, Leonard Bernstein showcased a number of young talents — including a 16-year-old André Watts.
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WQXR Takes Live Music To Schools: Watch These Kids React to Prokofiev

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

WQXR is bringing interactive concerts to elementary schools across New York City, and the latest featured members of the Decoda Ensemble performing music from Prokofiev’s 'Trapèze.'
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9 Outdoor Venues We Wish We Were at This Summer

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Feast your eyes on a few of the worlds most beautiful — and geologically genius — outdoor music venues.
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What Roth Thought of Bach

Thursday, May 24, 2018

In her book Roth Unbound, journalist Claudia Roth Pierpont shares several anecdotes concerning the author — including this one about an Emerson Quartet performance at Carnegie Hall.
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Listen to this 1903 Recording of Grieg Playing a Piece for His Wife

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Grieg’s “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen” was written to celebrate his 25th anniversary with his wife Nina — and luckily for us, he left behind a recording of him performing it.
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Why Is the Viola the Butt of So Many Jokes?

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Musician or not, you've probably heard a viola diss. But why is this particular instrument always on the receiving end of these jokes?
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Watch Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s Royal Wedding Performance

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Whether you slept through the broadcast or are itching to hear it again, enjoy the young cellist’s spectacular performance.
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So That’s What it Looks Like When a Baritone Sings in an MRI

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Michael Volle hopped into an MRI and sang a Wagner aria so scientists could observe the relationship between loudness and articulation.
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Stravinsky’s Stamp on Modern Pop

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

This mini-doc explains how a Stravinsky record spawned one of the most recognizable sounds of ’80s pop music.
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Are Strads Worth The Money?

Monday, May 21, 2018

Luthier Joseph Curtin and violinists Michelle Kim and Philippe Quint discuss the value of Stradivari instruments — and whether they’re worth the price.
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The Montana Wilderness Is the Perfect Setting for a Brahms Quartet

Thursday, May 17, 2018

The Ariel String Quartet takes to the solitary-yet-free expanse of Montana in a video for its latest album.
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Classical Foodies: New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Frank Huang

Thursday, May 17, 2018

The concertmaster discusses music, family and his favorite foods over a meal at La Salle Dumpling Room.
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7 Pieces Worthy of Your Very Royal Wedding

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

What's a wedding without music? It's pretty hard to imagine, but since a select few pieces seem to dominate the selection we've curated seven alternates worth checking out.
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Takemitsu’s Arrangement of ‘Autumn Leaves’ Is the Most Beautiful Thing You’ll Hear All Week

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Composer Tōru Takemitsu was a world-class orchestrator. Listen to the way he transforms an American standard for string quartet.
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Bassist Xavier Foley Puts His Own Spin on Tchaikovsky

Monday, May 14, 2018

The 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant Winner Xavier Foley is a talented bassist, but have you heard his compositions?
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