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As part of an ongoing series, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to pianist Lara Downes about classical recordings of "Lift Every Voice" and "A Change Is Gonna Come," to mark Black Music Month and Juneteenth.

The Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink had a six-decade career leading major orchestras across Europe, the U.S. and the U.K. He was hailed as a musician's musician, prizing the art well above glamor.

A new album, marking the Russian composer's 90th birthday, is packed with probing works for huge symphonic forces.

More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.

A Ukrainian official says Russian shelling and missile strikes in Kharkiv hit only civilian buildings such as a shopping center, a a school and a shopping center, and are "absolute terrorism."

Senators voted on the Women's Health Protection Act on Wednesday, but, as expected, it did not reach the 60 vote threshold to pass. It failed 49-51.

On her new album, the violinist teams up with herself as she plays her two Stradivarius instruments.

Over a 50 year career and a string of fascinating orchestral works, the Polish composer continued to uncover new paths of musical expression.

"We've never seen anything like it," said atmospheric scientist Luis Millán, who works at NASA. The vapor sent skyward by the eruption will likely stay in the stratosphere for years.

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