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World Cafe

4:17 pm

Fri September 28, 2012

Mumford & Sons On World Cafe

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Mumford and Sons.

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Originally published on Mon December 31, 2012 2:03 pm

It took a while, but the London folk-rock band Mumford & Sons broke big with its 2009 debut album, Sigh No More. The album combines the raspy vocals of singer Marcus Mumford with lush harmonies and rootsy instrumentation on tracks that range from soothing to rocking.

Deceptive Cadence

4:08 pm

Fri September 28, 2012

Gustavo Dudamel On The Magic Of Stravinsky's 'Crazy Music'

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Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 3:46 pm

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This Sunday, a landmark composition of the 20th century will be webcast by NPR, and led by the quintessential 21st century conductor: 31-year-old Gustavo Dudamel, who will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring). Dudamel spoke about his experience of this earthshaking piece with All Things Considered host Robert Siegel.

Piano Jazz

2:49 pm

Fri September 28, 2012

Blossom Dearie On Piano Jazz

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Blossom Dearie.

By editor

Originally published on Mon October 1, 2012 4:38 pm

This week's Piano Jazz is a rebroadcast of a show that first aired in 1985, presented as a tribute to Blossom Dearie, who died in 2009 at age 82.

The aptly named singer and pianist Blossom Dearie had a unique, childlike voice that, along with truly swinging piano work, could deliver scathing wit wrapped in a sweet package.

A Blog Supreme

2:46 pm

Fri September 28, 2012

Around The Jazz Internet: Sept. 28, 2012

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Madeleine Albright "sits in" with Chris Botti at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and final round gala.

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Originally published on Fri September 28, 2012 7:04 pm

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Classics in Concert

12:47 pm

Fri September 28, 2012

Carnegie Hall Live: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performs 'Carmina Burana'

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Riccardo Muti so impressed composer Carl Orff with his 1980 'Carmina Burana' performance that Orff reworked some tempo and dynamic markings in the score to hew to Muti's interpretation.

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Masses of singers from the Chicago Symphony Chorus were on hand for this hefty cantata, with its 24 medieval texts centered on love, drinking and gambling.

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The gala performance was greeted with rapturous applause before patrons adjourned for a celebratory dinner.

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Young singers from the Chicago Children's Choir, directed by Josephine Lee, traveled to New York to take part in this performance.

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Orff's cantata calls for an enormous corralling of forces: orchestra, adult chorus, children's chorus and three vocal soloists.

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An excited audience poured into the lobby for this performance that opened the Carnegie Hall season.

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Riccardo Muti so impressed composer Carl Orff with his 1980 'Carmina Burana' performance that Orff reworked some tempo and dynamic markings in the score to hew to Muti's interpretation.

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This was the first concert in Carnegie Hall's 2012-13 season, and was greeted with relief: little more than a week ago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's musicians were on strike in their home city.

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Originally published on Thu January 24, 2013 7:52 am

Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Riccardo Muti, music director and conductor

Rosa Feola, soprano

Antonio Giovannini, countertenor

Audun Iversen, baritone

Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, chorus director)

Chicago Children's Choir (Josephine Lee, artistic director)

It is one of classical music's most resilient creatures, repeatedly set loose across concert halls, recording studios and the landscape of popular entertainment.

Deceptive Cadence

12:05 pm

Fri September 28, 2012

The Academy Of St. Martin In The Red

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By Pablo Helguera

Got an idea for a classical cartoon, or a reaction to this one? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.

Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. You can see more of his work at Artworld Salon and on his own site.

Deceptive Cadence

11:37 am

Fri September 28, 2012

Orchestra Strikes, The Winter Of 'Spring For Music' And A Fertile Face For Opera

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Riccardo Muti leading the Chicago Symphony in happier times.

By Anastasia Tsioulcas

The biggest news of the week was the walkout at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which forced the cancellation of the first Saturday night concert of the 2012-13 season. Management and the players wrestled over players' health care contributions. How does their compensation stack up, you may ask? "The current average salary of CSO musicians, who have a base salary of $145,000, is $173,000.

Live in Concert

11:15 am

Fri September 28, 2012

Efterklang With Wordless Music Orchestra, Live In Concert

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Efterklang performs with Wordless Music Orchestra at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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"Efterklang" translates to "remembrance" and/or "reverberation."

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Efterklang's Mads Brauer and Casper Clausen celebrate at the end of the show.

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The performance featured arrangements by composers Missy Mazzoli (Kronos Quartet, Victoire), Karsten Fundal (Under Byen, Oh Land), and Daniel Bjarnason (Sigur Ros, Mum).

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Efterklang performs with Wordless Music Orchestra at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sept. 22.

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The performance marked the American premiere of music from the band's new album Piramida.

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Inspired by a nine-day session spent gathering field recordings in the abandoned Russian mining settlement that gives the album its name — it's on an island situated between Norway and the North Pole — Piramida is full of strange and mysterious accumulated sounds.

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Guest conductor Matthew Coorey leads the sixteen-member Wordless Music Orchestra.

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For this special concert, Efterklang was also joined by Peter Broderick on piano, Katinka Fogh Vindelev on vocals, and special guest Budgie on drums.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts music events throughout the year in their concert hall and gallery spaces.

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Originally published on Thu October 4, 2012 1:00 pm

The Danish art-rock trio Efterklang took the stage with the Wordless Music Orchestra at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thursday for this, the American premiere of music from the band's album Piramida.

Music

12:52 am

Fri September 28, 2012

On the Next Galactic Travels 2012-10-04

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Galactic Travels

By Bill Fox

On the next Galactic Travels, I'll begin a month-long focus on Modulator ESP. The Featured CD at Midnight will be the self-released title "The Unknowing."

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