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French history podcast, by a Frenchman. Learn all about France's history: Charlemagne, The Hundred Years’ War, Jeanne d’Arc, New France, Louis XIV, the Révolution, Napoléon and much more! Artwork by Lucia Ceta.
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NPR's From the Top showcases the music, stories, and unique humor of America's best young classical musicians.
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This Week from China’s National Centre for the Performing Arts showcases the best-in-class musicianship of the orchestra of Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) and its affiliated programmes in choral music, traditional Chinese forms, opera, and more. With a focus on presenting familiar Western masterworks alongside new and traditional Chinese composers, Maestro Lv Jia and the NCPA Orchestra are sure to delight casual listeners and classical aficionados alike.
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For more than 55 years, The Florida Orchestra has been a driving force for cultural arts in the Tampa Bay region. Every work of music, every musician, every composer has a story to tell. SoundWaves with The Florida Orchestra gives those stories a voice, so you can experience a deep, personal connection to the music during a concert or anytime. The non-profit Florida Orchestra is the largest orchestra in the state and the only arts organization that bridges Tampa Bay. TFO exists to INSPIRE – ...
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Camille Saint-Saëns - Africa Fantasie Romain Descharmes, piano Malmo Symphony Orchestra Marc Soustrot, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.573477 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 'American': 4th movement
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Antonin Dvorak - String Quartet No. 12 'American': 4th movement Vlach Quartet Prague More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.553256 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Franz Liszt - Years of Pilgrimage: Eclogue Jeno Jando, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550548 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel: The Roadside Fire
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel: The Roadside Fire Roderick Williams, baritone Iain Burnside, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.557643 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Victor Wooten, Bach, & Gospel Marching Band
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Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins us for our exciting musical journey out of Nashville. A talented teen flutist plays an elegant Bach Sonata and then improvises on that same work with Victor Wooten and Peter Dugan. We meet the drum major from Tennessee State University's Aristocrat of Bands and hear selections from their Grammy A…
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Felix Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
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Felix Mendelssohn - Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Oliver von Dohnanyi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550222 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell: Never Weather-Beaten Sail
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Hubert Parry - Songs of Farewell: Never Weather-Beaten Sail Jeffrey Makinson, organ Manchester Cathedral Choir Christopher Stokes, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.572104 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this rec…
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Leopoldo de Urcullu - Introduction and Variations on the Theme from Bellini's 'Il Pirata'
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Leopoldo de Urcullu - Introduction and Variations on the Theme from Bellini's 'Il Pirata' Eugenio Tobalina, guitar More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.570715 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Henri Vieuxtemps - Variations on a Theme from Bellini's 'Il Pirata'
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Henri Vieuxtemps - Variations on a Theme from Bellini's 'Il Pirata' Reto Kuppel, violin Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra Marcus Bosch, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.573993 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this rec…
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Hector Berlioz - Le Corsaire Lyon National Orchestra Leonard Slatkin, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.572886 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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La Fayette's USA Tour of 1824 - The Hero Returns
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To commemorate the 200th anniversary of La Fayette's grand tour of the USA in 1824, we have a special episode featuring guest Elizabeth Reese. Elizabeth is a public historian whose work focuses on the American Revolution and the Early Republic. She recently published a book on the famed Marquis' visit to America: "Marquis de Lafayette Returns - A T…
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Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Overture
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Arthur Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance: Overture Royal Ballet Sinfonia Andrew Penny, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.554165 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Beethoven to Bluegrass and Special Guest Victor Wooten
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Grammy Award-winning bass player Victor Wooten joins us this week as we celebrate great music out of Nashville! We hear an electric performance on violin, imitating sounds from Jimi Hendrix's guitar, by a teen musician who already holds a real job in an orchestra. We meet a talented pianist who performs Beethoven. And a teen bluegrass mandolin play…
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Silvius Weiss - Lute Sonata No. 28 'The Famous Pirate': Courante
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Silvius Weiss - Lute Sonata No. 28 'The Famous Pirate': Courante Robert Barto, lute More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.572219 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Giuseppe Verdi - Otello: Fuoco di Gioia Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Oliver von Dohnanyi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550241 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amaz…
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Sigismond Thalberg - Souvenir de Rigoletto de Verdi
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Sigismond Thalberg - Souvenir de Rigoletto de Verdi Francesco Nicolosi, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.555503 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Giuseppe Verdi - Jerusalem: Pas de Quatre Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Jose Serebrier, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.572818-19 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Giuseppe Verdi - Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra
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Giuseppe Verdi - Capriccio for Bassoon and Orchestra Patrick de Ritis, bassoon Wurzburg Philharmonic Orchestra Enrico Calesso, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.573382 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recordi…
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Giuseppe Verdi - Nabucco: Overture Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Pier Giorgio Morandi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.553089 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Where Music Lives Reprise: Violin and Banjo
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A 15-year-old violinist introduces us to his charming coastal community of Damariscotta, Maine and a talented young banjo player ensconced in the blue grass music scene brings us into her musical home in the foothills of Leicester, North Carolina. Co-host/violinist Tessa Lark draws on her own childhood in Kentucky as she reflects with Peter Dugan o…
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Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Triumphal March and Chorus
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Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Triumphal March and Chorus Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Oliver von Dohnanyi, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.553167 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this reco…
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Gabriel Faure - Requiem: In Paradisum Lisa Beckley, soprano Oxford Schola Cantorum Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550765 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Georges Bizet - Carmen: March of the Toreadors
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Georges Bizet - Carmen: March of the Toreadors Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Anthony Bramall, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550061 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Emile Waldteufel - Soiree d'ete Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice Alfred Walter, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.223441 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1 Klara Kormendi, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550305 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Hector Berlioz - Summer Nights: The Spectre of the Rose
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Hector Berlioz - Summer Nights: The Spectre of the Rose Elsa Maurus, mezzo; Lille National Orchestra Jean-Claude Casadesus, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.557274 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording …
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We're on a musical journey in small town and rural America. We meet a teen violinist down by the bayou in Monroe, Louisiana, travel to the rolling farmland of Redlands, California to the home of a driven young guitarist, and hear from a young composer who enjoys the support of his community in Fargo, North Dakota. Co-host/violinist Tessa Lark speak…
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Arthur Honegger - Summer Pastorale New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Takuo Yuasa, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.555974 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Charles Stanford - The Blue Bird Oxford Camerata Jeremy Summerly, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.570227-28 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Peter Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake: Waltz Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Michael Halasz, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.578205 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Franz Schubert - Auf dem See Johannes Kalpers, tenor Burkhard Kehring, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.554667 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Charles Griffes - The Lake at Evening Michael Lewin, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.559023 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording AmazonBy American Public Media
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Franz Liszt - Years of Pilgrimage: Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake)
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Franz Liszt - Years of Pilgrimage: Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake) Jeno Jando, piano More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550548 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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We're paying homage to our beautiful planet and the works of art it inspires! A teen harpist from rural California performs Gary Schocker's Memory of Trees, a contemplation of the effects of climate change. Finally, a 17-year-old cellist will play The Swan and speak of her work in environmental advocacy. Learn more about sponsor message choices: po…
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Anatol Liadov - The Enchanted Lake Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Stephen Gunzenhauser, conductor More info about today’s track: Naxos 8.550328 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vespers: Bless the Lord, O My Soul
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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Vespers: Bless the Lord, O My Soul Berlin Radio Chorus Robin Gritton, conductor More info about today’s track: CPO 999292-2 Courtesy of Naxos of America Inc. Subscribe You can subscribe to this podcast in Apple Podcasts, or by using the Daily Download podcast RSS feed. Purchase this recording Amazon…
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Jules Verne is one of the most influential authors who ever lived, from every country and genre. He is the most translated author in the world after Agatha Christie and is by far the most translated French author. Verne's vision, stories and characters still resonate with us today, whether as part of new fictional storylines, or as cultural beacons…
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We're celebrating Earth Day with performances that celebrate our natural world. Up first, a young oboist performs a piece inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings of jimson weed and speaks about volunteering in a community garden. We also meet a teen pianist who performs Tan Dun's colorful homage to the Chinese countryside and a composer who connec…
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We continue our exploration of the sonata with two teens from Southern California. We hear a bassoonist performing Saint Saëns and a pianist performing an exciting work by American composer Gabriela Lena Frank. Finally, we are treated to a flashback finale of an outstanding flutist playing Dorff's Salmon Lake. Learn more about sponsor message choic…
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We hear a range of sonatas including Bach performed on marimba, a late Beethoven work for cello and piano, and a Brahms viola sonata. Performed by teens from Arizona and Texas! Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Liszt and Brahms with Guest Host Orli Shaham
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A 17-year-old violist performs a moving Brahms Sonata with guest host Orli Shaham and we meet a talented teenage pianist who plays one of Liszt's great works for piano. More at: https://fromthetop.org/show/show-450/ Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy…
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Pianist Orli Shaham meets an 11-year-old violinist who moved from Sydney to New York to pursue music and collaborates with a gifted teen on Rebecca Clarke's viola sonata. Finally, we meet a pianist who tells us about Chopin's mazurkas and life at his New England boarding school. More at: https://fromthetop.org/show/show-450/ Learn more about sponso…
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The French Wars of Religion - Faith in Destruction
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On one side, the Catholic majority, unwavering in their devotion to Rome. On the other, the Huguenots, French Protestants inspired by the teachings of Jean Calvin. Caught in the crossfire of this religious divide was the monarchy, struggling to maintain order amidst growing tension. But their efforts often only fuelled the flames of conflict. And s…
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We meet a teen composer who performs her own work on cello, learn about the beauty of the erhu, and discover the joy of marching bands through the experiences of a teen flutist. Learn more about the musicians and repertoire featured on this episode: https://fromthetop.org/show/show-449/ Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/a…
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We talk about the healing nature of music with a violist who performs Schumann. We hear a vibrant performance inspired by Las Vegas from a teen pianist and join a young cellist as she performs and reflects on Cassadó's imaginative Dance of the Green Devil. Learn more about the musicians and repertoire featured on this episode: https://fromthetop.or…
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Program Notes: Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony
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Mahler knew how to think big. For his Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” he stuffed the stage with 270 musicians, including 10 trumpets and 10 horns in the original score. It took Mahler five years to complete the symphony, which stretches more than 80 minutes and holds a special place among musicians and audiences. Today, millions of people have hear…
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The power of friendship. Edward Elgar’s most popular work, Enigma Variations, was dedicated to 14 friends portrayed in the pieces – from his wife to an Oxford professor, a bulldog and even Elgar himself. Like the Elgar, each section of Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin (The Grave of Couperin) is dedicated to someone the composer knew, but this time th…
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All in the family. From a tiny apartment around the world to a chance audition at The Florida Orchestra, family has been a driving force for Principal Cellist Yoni Draiblate. Is he bringing up the next Yo-Yo Ma? Time will tell. Even Brahms’ Double Concerto, which Yoni performs this weekend, cannot escape family drama.…
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