The Two Beethoven Chords That Stopped Me In My Tracks
Beethoven’s intention was to shock his audience.
Fort Collins Symphony Plans July 4th Performance At Drive-In Theater
The Fort Collins Symphony is not letting the pandemic stop the 4th of July celebrating. Music Director Wes Kenney believes it will be the only full orchestra in the country to perform live on Independence Day. They’ll play at a drive-in movie theater. Here’s a list of 4th of July events.
Why Water Was Fundamental To Claude Debussy’s Music
Writing music about water came naturally to Claude Debussy. His father was a sailor and encouraged young Claude’s imagination with stories about vast waters and exotic lands. A family visit to Cannes, France fueled what would become his lifelong fascination with the many moods water can evoke as it moves.
Celebrating Clara Schumann At 200
This month on CPR Classical, we’re marking the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann’s birth. She composed music and was one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era.
8 Reasons We Love Yo-Yo Ma: Scenes From An Amazing Musical Life
From Leonard Bernstein to Big Bird, a look at the faces and highlights in the legendary cellist’s story as he gears up for his Red Rocks Amphitheatre concert.
Red Rocks: Colorado’s Legendary Concert Venue … For Classical Music?
Yes, it’s true. Here’s a look at how Van Cliburn and Igor Stravinsky helped establish classical music at Colorado’s most famous amphitheater.
‘Music Forward,’ CPR Classical’s Newest Show, Explores Modern Classical
Saturday nights beginning in June, we’ll explore contemporary music from the last century — and focus on what’s being written today, including music by Colorado composers.
A new disc from old friends Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich
A thrilling new disc by pianists Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich marks the latest chapter in a musical friendship that’s lasted more than six decades. In the 1940s, there was a house in Buenos Aires that welcomed just about anybody who was anybody in classical music.
This Beethoven string quartet passage always grabs my attention
It’s the opening to the slow movement from Quartet No. 16, Opus 135, in which Beethoven wrote in the score, “Must It Be? — It Must Be!” Each instrument enters one at a time to create a gorgeous D-flat chord.
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor’s new disc of classical ‘dance’ music
An album of toe-tappers, from Bach to boogie-woogie.
Why Adele (and other pop stars) should thank Franz Schubert
A look at a classical inspiration for modern pop songs.
Watch: A SummerFest encore: Prokofiev’s ‘Overture On Hebrew Themes’ at Colorado College
A memorable performance of a classic piece, and the story behind its creation.
Composer Heinz Holliger channels Robert Schumann’s lost cello romances
Holliger’s “Romancendres” aren’t an attempt to reconstruct the lost Schumann romances. Rather, he calls them a meditation.
SummerFest this Saturday: Colorado College Summer Music Festival highlights
Hear choice cuts from this year’s festival in Colorado Springs at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Listen: John Adams’ new concerto uses the saxophone as more than a special effect
An exciting new classical piece that borrows heavily from jazz.
Jennifer Koh’s video diary: How things really are for a concert violinist
Life as a globe-trotting musician is sometimes exciting, occasionally glamorous and usually incredibly demanding.
