LA is blasting classical music to deter homeless people from gathering at metro stations
The Los Angeles Metro is using classical music on its light rail system to deter homeless people from congregating and sleeping in a downtown station.
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A Potpourri of 'Best of' Lists
On the April 22, 2023, episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel ventures outside of the American Film Institute’s lists of best scores to explore a collection from the Guardian, the New York Times, Variety and other polls of movie score favorites. Hear music from ‘Casablanca,’ the Harry Potter and James Bond films, and a lot more.
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Friday Favorites: Tax Day, the South Metro Chorale and Hermann Baumann
On this episode of Friday Favorites, for April 21, 2023, with host Steve Staruch, Eileen celebrates wrapping up Tax Day with a piece by Beethoven, Bill prepares for a spring performance as a member of the South Metro Chorale and Vicky hears a request for Hermann Baumann.
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Composer Thomas Adès presents a ballet inspired by Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy'
Hear an excerpt from the most fantastical and kaleidoscopic orchestral works of our time, ‘Dante,’ written by British composer Thomas Adès and inspired by the iconic masterpiece by Dante Alighieri, “The Divine Comedy.”
Lara Downes performs a spring-themed Tiny Desk Concert full of renewal
With a piano draped in spring flowers, Lara Downes plays a smart set of music, new and old, that offers the power of renewal.
'Chevalier' tells the forgotten story of a Black composer in the 1700s
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. about starring in the 2022 movie Chevalier, which tells the forgotten story of Joseph Bologne, a Black composer and violinist of the 1700s.
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Pianists Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang bring many cultures together
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianists Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang release four-hand piano music from around the world on their first album, ‘Connecting Cultures.’
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Measured maestro of the jazz piano, Ahmad Jamal, dies at 92
Ahmad Jamal was a pianist, composer and bandleader. His influence and admirers spread far and wide in jazz. In 1994, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Fellowship.
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5, 6, 7, 8 — a celebration of movie musicals
On the April 15, 2023, episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel explores scores from movie musicals — including music from ‘The King and I,’ ‘Sound of Music,’ ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Showboat,’ ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ ‘Singin' in the Rain’ and ‘The Bandwagon.’ Listen now.
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'Phantom of the Opera' takes a final Broadway bow after 13,981 performances
On Sunday night the curtain will fall on the longest-running show in Broadway history: Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega hit ran for more than 35 years. "I got the gig of a lifetime," says one cast member.
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