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New Classical Tracks (extended interview): Solomiya Ivakhiv

Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv uplifts Ukrainian music for the holiday season

Violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv uplifts Ukrainian music for the holiday season

On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks’ with host Julie Amacher, violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv celebrates Ukrainian holiday music with joy and pride on her latest recording, ‘Ukrainian Christmas,’ with the Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Listen now!

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Historic German-language choir in Texas prepares for Christmas concert
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Celebrating 80 years of 'Russian Christmas Music'

Celebrating 80 years of 'Russian Christmas Music'

Alfred Reed's 'Russian Christmas Music' has become a majestic mainstay of the concert band repertoire since its debut in 1944. As the work marks its 80th anniversary, it's worth retelling how remarkable its world premiere was. Listen now to this timeless piece.

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More Hollywood Holiday

More Hollywood Holiday

This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel keeps the holiday spirit going with music from classic and newer films that celebrate the holidays, including ‘Elf,’ ‘White Christmas,’ ‘Babes in Toyland,’ ‘Klaus,’ ‘The Polar Express’ and ‘A Christmas Story.’ Listen now!

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How Syria's 'musician of the revolution' feels after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Steve Seel
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RZA’s 'Ballet Through the Mud'

RZA’s 'Ballet Through the Mud'

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known in the hip-hop world as RZA, is a founding member of the hip-hop collective Wu Tang Clan. Nowadays, he’s taking things a step further by writing a ballet. Find out more on the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

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Lights in a dark sky

Lights in a dark sky

As we get closer to the longest nights of the year, Steve Seel brings us some atmospheric modern works for clear, cold night skies on this week’s episode of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ including Michael Ippolito’s ‘Big Sky, Low Horizon,’ Elena Ruehr’s ‘Cloud Atlas’ and more. Listen now!

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Violinist Ray Chen blends the worlds of classical music and video games
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Jon Batiste finds the Blues in Beethoven

Jon Batiste finds the Blues in Beethoven

Batiste re-imagines Beethoven compositions in his new album. It's "not that the original wasn't great and transcendent..." he says. "But there's also a lot of things since then that have happened."

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