For today’s Beautiful Music I’m sharing a gorgeous performance of a compelling song –YOU ARE THE DUST — by Missy Mazzoli. Singer Emily d’Angelo and pianist Sophia Muñoz are the performers. The Grammy-nominated composer trained at Yale School of Music, the Royal Conservatory of the Hague and Boston University, and is currently Composer in Residence […]
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As Principal Flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1952-1990, Doriot Anthony Dwyer was one of the first women to hold a principal seat in a major American orchestra. (She was a distant relative of suffragette Susan B. Anthony.) Today’s Beautiful Music features Doriot Anthony Dwyer with pianist Jesus Maria Sanroma playing the Flute Sonata
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March is Women’s History Month, and we’re reaching back to the 12th century today with music by one of the earliest documented women composers. Hildegard von Bingen was born in 1179, and was educated in a Benedictine cloister. She eventually began living a religious life, and ultimately became an Abbess. Today’s Beautiful Music is a
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On this Leap Day, today’s Beautiful Music is by a composer born on February 29, 1792: Gioachino Antonio Rossini. We known him best for his 39 operas, including THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, SEMIRAMIDE, and WILLIAM TELL. Rossiini also composed lots of other music, including songs, piano solos, chamber music and sacred works. This is “Che ascolto? ahimé,
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English horn is a double reed instrument in the oboe family. It has a distinctively deeper and reedier sound than its cousin, the oboe. Today’s Beautiful Music is a 2009 composition for English horn with orchestra — ROMANCE — by Grigory Smirnov. This 2011 concert recording at Alice Tully Hall in NYC features English horn
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Buffalo, NY native William Eddins is best known as a conductor. He was Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra from 2005-2017, Associate Conductor of Minnesota Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of RTE National Symphony Orchestra. WIlliam Eddins started in music with piano lessons as a 5 year old,, and went on to earn his piano
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American operatic bass-baritone Davóne Tines has a powerful voice and versatile artistry that he applies to many musical genres — from classic opera roles to world premieres of operas and collaborations on developing new original works. Today’s Beautiful Music features Davóne Tines singing THE COLD SONG from Henry Purcell’s opera King Arthur with pianist Adam Nielsen.
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Brandon Patrick George plays today’s Beautiful Music. The talented musician plays Salvatore Sciarrino’s solo flute arrangement of the iconic TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR BWV 565 by Johann Sebastian Bach. With a single instrument, there’s nowhere to hide. It shows off the flutist’s phenomenal virtuosity and artistry.
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Legendary American soprano Jessye Norman (1945-2019) was an opera star and recitalist known for her fluid artistry and dramatic intensity. She was born into a musical family with a mother and grandmother who played piano, and a father who sang. Educated at Howard University, Peabody Conservatory, and The University of Michigan, she won the Bavarian
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Although he originally thought his career calling was as a visual artist, Reginald Mobley pursued music instead. The talented countertenor has performed with some of the world’s top musical ensembles — many of which you hear regularly on Sunday Baroque — including The Academy of Ancient Music, Agave Baroque, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists,
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