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Oct. 5: Do you love October?


By Laura Carlo
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Oct. 6: "Seasons...Dreams..."


By Laura Carlo
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Oct. 7: ¡España!


By Laura Carlo
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Oct. 5: Pablo Casals and Bach


By Ray Brown
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Oct. 7: Barber's Adagio


By Ray Brown
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Oct. 5: The Lives of Children


By Cathy Fuller
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Oct. 6: Musician Inspiring Musicians


By Cathy Fuller
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Oct. 5: Cellist Alban Gerhardt


By Brian McCreath
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Oct. 6: Support your local library


By Ray Brown

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Oct. 6: The Czech Phil


By Brian McCreath

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Oct. 7: Jack Gallagher


By Brian McCreath
Music from an Ohio composer
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Oct. 7: Anderson & Roe


By Cathy Fuller
From Bach to Radiohead
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Oct. 8: Happy Birthday Camille! Happy Birthday Little Sister!


By Laura Carlo
My little sister has a birthday tomorrow---and one that she shares with Camille Saint-Saens.
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Oct. 8: What's Wrong With Classical?


By Brian McCreath
One blogger has some ideas to reinvigorate classical music.
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Oct. 11: Till Fellner


By Brian McCreath
If you liked this afternoon's performance of Beethoven's Emperor concerto, check this out.
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Oct. 10: Mahler's Roommate


By James David Jacobs
What ever became of your college roommate?  Here's what happened to Mahler's.
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Oct. 11: Columbus Day


By Laura Carlo
What would Columbus listen to?
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Oct. 12: Ralph Vaughan Williams


By Laura Carlo
Hear music by the composer that speaks most directly to me.
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Oct. 12: Joan Sutherland, 1926-2010


By Brian McCreath
Learn more about the great soprano, who passed away yesterday.
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Oct. 12: Louis Moreau Gottschalk


By Ray Brown
A listener has requested music by a great but unheralded American composer.
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Oct. 13: Lang Lang


By Laura Carlo
The Chinese pianist is supporting young performers.
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Oct. 13: Experiencing the Unexpected


By Cathy Fuller
Sometimes classical music can catch us with our guard down.
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Oct. 13: Prague and Art Nouveau


By Brian McCreath
The Czech capitol was one of the centers of Art Nouveau.
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Oct. 14: A New England Kind of Day


By Laura Carlo
What makes a New England autumn for you?
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Oct. 15: Of All the Things I’ve Lost....


By Laura Carlo
I lose things. Often. I put something down, someone gets my attention and pulls me away from my task, then...
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Oct. 15: A Request for Butterfly


By Ray Brown
You've got your choice of Puccini's masterpiece...
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Oct. 15: Mahler's Mahler


By Brian McCreath
A rare recording of the composer playing his own music.


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Oct. 16 & 17: The Man Who Invented Brunch


By James David Jacobs
It was in the last week of 1947 that violinist Louis Kaufman commandeered Carnegie Hall with a group of other freelance string players...
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Oct. 18: Rattle and the Magic of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker


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By Cathy Fuller
Sir Simon Rattle says that he wasn’t always a huge Tchaikovsky fan....


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Oct. 17: Bach's Cantata No. 180


By Brian McCreath
Find a translation here.
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Oct. 19: October Wedding


By Laura Carlo
A gorgeous occasion in a perfect setting.
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Oct. 20: Benjamin Zander and the Boston Philharmonic


By Laura Carlo
The conductor gives a preview of the 2010-2011 season.
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Oct. 20: Executioner's Goulash Anyone?


By Brian McCreath
The perfect meal to enjoy while listening to Czech music.
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Oct. 21: Classical, Beer, and a Chat


By Brian McCreath
Are there alternatives to how classical music concerts are presented?
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Oct. 24: Richards & Fowkes Organ at First Lutheran of Boston


By Brian McCreath
One of Boston's premiere organs has just been expanded.
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Oct. 22: Folk Tunes and Toons


By Ray Brown
Today's 4:00 request is from Kirk Companion of Acton for the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
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Oct. 23 & 24: Elections, Humanity, and Cartoons


By James David Jacobs
Well, it's election time again. It's not just getting ugly; it already IS ugly...
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Big little things for starting your week....


By Cathy Fuller
First, because it’s Monday and the idea of joyfully propelling yourself through the thrilling chaos of life may not yet have occurred to you...
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Happy Halloween!


By Laura Carlo
When my child was a few weeks shy of his 2nd birthday I showed him  a beautifully-designed “Prince Charming” costume complete with beribboned jacket with gold buttons and epaulets...
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One More Swing Through Prague


By Brian McCreath
When music takes you there.
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Cathedrals In Music


WATCH NOVA'S BUILDING THE GREAT CATHEDRALS
By Brian McCreath
Hear musical responses to great cathedrals, and watch Building The Great Cathedrals.
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A Request for Gershwin


By Ray Brown
The classical music establishment has always been divided about Gershwin...
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"You Are Drawn Into Being A Co-Conspirator..."


By Cathy Fuller
Fortepianist Robert Levin talks about the infectious joy of Mozart's music.
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Stefan Jackiw's New Brahms


By Cathy Fuller
A Boston-bred violinist releases a stunning first recording.
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Intuition, Paranoia, and Berlioz


By James David Jacobs
It's Halloween, so it seems appropriate to consider the subject of fear...
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Bach's Cantata No. 80


By Brian McCreath
For a translation of Bach's Cantata No. 80, visit Emmanuel Music.
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The Art of Letter Writing


By Laura Carlo
Dear Listener, As someone in the “communications business” you’d think I’d be thrilled that we have so many ways to communicate over long distances today...
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Can You See Music?


By Brian McCreath
The World's Alex Gallafent looks into Alexander Scriabin's synaesthesia, and conductor Marin Alsop discusses Samuel Barber with NPR's Scott Simon.
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Bach's Code


By Ray Brown
How the composer wrote his signature into the music.
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Paderewski's 150th birthday and Bruno Walter, Week One


By James David Jacobs
Hear music for an unheralded anniversary on Saturday morning, and from a great conductor on Sunday.
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Two Little Huge Words


By Laura Carlo
We had such a great time Sunday afternoon...
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Pianist George Li Wins Gilmore Young Artists Award


By Brian McCreath
A young, Boston-bred pianist wins one of the most significant prizes in music.
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Listen To This


EVENT INFO
By Brian McCreath
Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker and author of The Rest is Noise, visits Cambridge this evening.
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Veterans Day, 2010


By Laura Carlo
A reflection on love and loss.
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Zacharias Visits 99.5


By Cathy Fuller
How can you get the most out of playing Haydn?  Ask pianist and conductor Christian Zacharias and he'll tell you...
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Gershwin, Harris, Haydn


By Ray Brown
Ray Brown has music from Gershwin, Roy Harris, and Haydn
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Rudolf Barshai, and Bruno Walter, Week Two


By James David Jacobs
Bruno Walter, like most conductors of his generation, was also a composer...
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Under the Radar


By Brian McCreath
A musician you've probably heard without knowing it.
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A Robust Cup of Mozart


By Brian McCreath
The Boston Symphony Orchestra serves up a rich performance on its own label.
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Extra Pledge Bonus: The Berlin Philharmonic!


By Brian McCreath
A hidden bonus with one of our thank you gifts.
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National Adoption Day and the Pledge Drive


By James David Jacobs
Beethoven, the trials of childhood, and classical music.
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All Together Now...


By Laura Carlo
The birthday anniversary of a composer who changed his course.
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Buchbinder's Brahms


By Brian McCreath
The Austrian pianist takes on one of the monuments of the concerto repertoire.
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Flash Mob Hallelujah!


By Brian McCreath
The collision of George Frederick Handel and a shopping mall food court.
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A Concerto With Movie DNA


By Brian McCreath
Nikolaj Znaider joins the Vienna Philharmonic for Korngold's Violin Concerto, a piece built on film themes.
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A New Pergolesi Stabat Mater


MORE NEW AND NOTABLE
By Cathy Fuller
"... the most perfect and most moving that has ever issued from the pen of any composer.”
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Simple Gifts


By Laura Carlo
I'm sorry to see November go.
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For St. Andrew's Day


By Brian McCreath
I suppose with a name like mine, it shouldn't come as any surprise that Scotland figures prominently in my background.
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Classical In The News


By Brian McCreath
Check out some recent NPR pieces about classical music.
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Concert for the Cure


JULIE SCOLNIK ON THE CONCERT
By Cathy Fuller
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Concert for the Cure:  Rhythms of Hope on Sunday, Dec. 5, at Jordan Hall in Boston.
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An Unfinished Jewel


By Ray Brown
A request for Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, with a hint of what might have been.
Today at 4pm on 99.5 All Classical
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Requiems, Anniversaries, and Controversies


By James David Jacobs
Sifting the truth to find the music.
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Holiday Lights


By Laura Carlo
Light is so important to the holidays for Jews and Christians alike, and even for those who celebrate Winter Solstice.
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"My Nine Lives," Violin$, Alisa Weilerstein, and Who's Afraid of Modern Music?


By Brian McCreath
Leon Fleisher talks with Diane Rehm, Alex Ross sounds off on modern music, and how much would you pay for a violin?
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Music for Food for Music


INFO ON MUSIC FOR FOOD, FRIDAY MAR. 11
By Cathy Fuller
One of Boston's renowned musicians organizes performances to benefit those in need.

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