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Conductor Andrew Davis, who headed orchestras on 3 continents, dies at 80
Davis led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Britain's Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.
Jazz Night in America: On the List
Our favorite jazz releases of the month — from traditional tunes to avant-garde adventures to electronic experiments — picked by the Jazz Night in America staff.
Breaking down Beyoncé's unusual album announcement last night
During Super Bowl LVIII, Beyoncé appeared in a commercial and announced that she'd release new music. It didn't take music fans long to turn their attention to her new songs and album announcement.
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After 138 years, a Black composer's magnum opus finds a stage
Morgiane, perhaps the oldest opera by a Black American, finally receives its full public performance, shedding light on the forgotten heyday of opera in New Orleans.
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Common: Field Recordings x Aspen Ideas Festival
Watch as Common and Aspen Music School students take Toto's "Africa" and make something spontaneous, yet memorable.
The Beatles' 'Now and Then' is a wistful curiosity, 45 years in the making
The Beatles' final song could never live up to the body of work that precedes it. But it could never diminish it, either.
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Alfred Brendel, the cerebral pianist with a dry wit, dies at 94
Routinely called a "musician's musician," the pianist had an atypical career that even he called mysterious. He spent it returning to a handful of favorite composers, with acclaimed results.
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Central Park Is Alive With The Sound Of Music, Thanks To A Site-Specific App
Created by Pulitzer-winning composer Ellen Reid, Soundwalk lets visitors score their socially distanced walks around the park with an ever-changing, GPS-sensitive soundtrack.
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Energetic, Intimate 'Letters' Reveal Private Leonard Bernstein
The Leonard Bernstein Letters, edited by Nigel Simeone, compiles correspondence to and from the legendary composer and conductor. The letters — from serious to silly — offer a detailed look at both the distinguished career and the adventurous personal life of a singular American genius.
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In which we toot the horn of TubaChristmas, celebrating its 50th brassy birthday
Every year, musicians across the country gather for what has become known as TubaChristmas — concerts range from just a few tubas to hundreds of them. (The record is 835.)
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