Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'concerto'

Classical CDs For Budget Shoppers

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:35:00 EST

Music critic Tom Manoff says you needn't spend a fortune on classical music CDs for holiday gifts. Hear his top picks for inexpensive classics, from renaissance masses to 20th-century guitar concertos.

Australian Brett Dean Wins Grawemeyer Award

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:32:00 EST

The Lost Art of Letter Writing, a violin concerto by Australian Brett Dean, has won the Grawemeyer Award, the world's richest composition prize. Dean's piece is based on letters written by Brahms, Van Gogh and Australian outlaw Ned Kelly.

Manuel Barrueco: Guitarist For All Centuries

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:02:00 EDT

Guitarist Manuel Barrueco invoked the "something old, something new" formula for his concert with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, juxtaposing an 18th-century Vivaldi concerto with a new piece by Roberto Sierra.

Teens Solo with the Buffalo Philharmonic

Wed, 21 May 2008 01:29:00 EDT

From Lewiston, N.Y., four outstanding teen musicians solo with the Buffalo Philharmonic in concerto movements by Wieniawski, Haydn, Poulenc and Mozart Â� all under the baton of the orchestra's music director, JoAnn Falletta. This show originally aired October 10, 2007.

Classical Teens: Making Music in Maryland

Wed, 07 May 2008 01:31:00 EDT

From the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Md., an award-winning teen quartet plays Debussy, a young baritone sings Vaughn Williams and a 15-year-old violinist plays music from a Saint-SaÃ«ns concerto. This show originally aired on October 3, 2007.

Fluegel's 'B-Flat' Starts on a Good Note

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:32:00 EDT

Subminimalistic composer Simon Fluegel -- famous for his two-note cello concerto -- returns with a surprisingly stark but refreshing new CD, B-Flat and Other Notes.

Edward Elgar's Post-War Concerto of Conviction

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:40:00 EDT

After World War I, the British were lamenting a lost era and eager for something new. Edward Elgar gave them a meditative, compelling cello concerto. Steven Isserlis plays Elgar's autumnal music in concert with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.

Pianist Brings Power to Liszt Concerto

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:39:00 EDT

Praised for the fluidity he brings to Chopin, Chinese pianist Yundi Li is getting rave reviews for his latest interpretation of Franz Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1. He joined the National Symphony Orchestra this week for three performances of the concerto.

My Spring Break: Playing a Tchaikovsky Concerto

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:51:00 EDT

Yuja Wang, 20, recently played with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Wang, who has been playing piano since she was 6, began playing professionally when she was 10. Her recent chance came after 65-year-old pianist Martha Argerich canceled at the last minute. After just two rehearsals, Wang wowed audiences and critics.

Percussionist Simon Boyar, Breaking New Ground

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:23:00 EST

Rock drummer-turned music professor Simon Boyar's latest project is playing at least 30 instruments in a groundbreaking new concerto. He explains the logistics as part of the series "Musicians at Work."

Concerto in Rhythm with Tap-Dance Revival

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 09:09:00 EST

A newly composed concerto for orchestra and tap dancer showcases the beauty of tap, which is enjoying a bit of a revival. Composer Rob Kapilow wrote the part of the dancer like a drum solo, without really knowing what the steps might be.

Bach's 'Brandenburg Concertos'

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:41:00 EST

The Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra performs J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, music which is featured in a wide range of Hollywood film scores including A Bridge Too Far and Romy and Michele's High School Reunion.

Bittersweet Beauty: Elgar's Cello Concerto

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:41:00 EDT

It was written in 1919, and in its bittersweet beauty, many listeners hear an elegy for those who died during WWI. It's the Cello Concerto by Edward Elgar. Our concert performance took place two weeks ago at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming. Lynn Harrell is the cello soloist, Donald Runnicles conducts.

Argerich on Haydn: Piano Concert No. 6

Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:31:00 EDT

Pianist Martha Argerich runs a music festival in Switzerland that brings in seven different orchestras over a span of two weeks. She played a concerto in the final concert this year, just a few weeks ago. It's Haydn's lively Piano Concerto No. 6, with the Swiss-Italian Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Rabinovitch-Barakovsky.

Elgar on Strings: The English Chamber Orchestra

Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:44:00 EDT

Edward Elgar said he learned to write for strings by listening to the music of Handel. Elgar based his Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra on Handel's concerto grosso style. The English Chamber Orchestra, with conductor Roy Goodman, gives a performance on the road in Montpellier, France.

A Timpani Concerto, Drummed Up by Druschetzky

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:13:00 EDT

A most unusual piece from Haydn contemporary Georg Druschetzky: A Concerto for Oboe, Eight Tympani and Orchestra. Lajos Lencses plays oboe. Wieland Junge plays tympani. Andrew Parrott conducts the Stuttgart Radio Symphony.

Yehudi Wyner's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Concerto

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:16:00 EDT

Yehudi Wyner, 76, has won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for music for his piano concerto "Chiavi in Mano," which was commissioned by the Boston Symphony. Fred Child speaks with pianist Robert Levin, who played the work's premiere performance.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 13:39:54 EST

Tuba player Michael Moore says playing the tuba is like being the goalie in a hockey game. You don't have much to do the whole game, but when the puck comes you have to be ready. Hear Moore perform Ralph Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto with the Atlanta Symphony.

Marc-Andre Dalbavie, Composing in 'Color'

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST

French composer Marc-Andre Dalbavie, 44, is a hit with U.S. orchestras despite caution over trying "new" music on audiences. His latest is a piano concerto. What's his secret? Vivian Goodman of member station WKSU goes looking.

Miklos Rosza's Concerto Casts a 'Spell'

Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST

From a concert a few weeks ago in West Palm Beach, Daniel Spalding leads the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra and pianist Gabriela Imreh in the "Spellbound" Concerto by Miklos Rosza. Rosza wrote the concerto using music he composed for the score of the movie Spellbound.

Leopold Mozart, Father of a Prodigy

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST

Mozart's relationship with his father was one of love and mutual respect, but not subservience. Scholars Neal Zaslaw and Jane Glover explore the relationship. Music includes a sonata for piano and violin, intrigue from The Marriage of Figaro and a piano concerto.

Piano Concertos with the Camerata Academica

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST

Nicholas Kenyon, author of The Faber Pocket Guide to Mozart discusses a collection of three piano concertos with pianist Geza Anda and the Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum.

Maxim Vengerov Performs Britten's Violin Concerto

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Violin virtuoso Maxim Vengerov joins the North German Radio Philharmonic for a performance of Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto, a plea for peace by a wartime composer. Eiji Oue conducts.

Violinist Anna Lee

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 EDT

At the tender age of 10, violinist Anna Lee is already reflecting on how she got her start in the classical music world. She talks to Performance Today host Fred Child from the Aspen Music Festival. We also hear her perform a movement from a Wieniawski violin concerto.

Grieg's Piano Concerto, a Classical Workhorse

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

When he was a child, music critic Tom Manoff heard the music of Edvard Grieg, particularly his piano concerto in A-minor. This piece of music is known as a workhorse. In pop music, it would be referred to as a "greatest hit." Tom Manoff talks about the status of the warhorse in classical music and we hear Grieg's piano concerto performed here by Leif Ove Andsnes.