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The Boston Symphony has been playing Friday afternoon concerts since 1890. So on November 22, 1963, Symphony Hall was packed out as usual with the great…

On the next Fretworks program Saturday evening at 7 on Classical 101, we have music of Frederic Chopin arranged for guitar trio, Catalan folk songs for…

Musical inspiration can come from anywhere - from literature, from the bible, from nature. American composer David Maslanka received inspiration from the…

Doug Ramsey is a well-respected writer on the subject of Jazz. In a recently re-posted article, he pointed out how many Jazz musicians have imbued their…

Last night I had the privilege of attending a CAPA sponsored screening of the new documentary Alive Inside. The film by Michael Rossato-Bennett follows…

Above: Vintage video of the 1948 live TV performance of The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti Did you hear that? That thing that just went bump in the night?…

A Vintage recording of a concerto by Antonio Vivaldi from the "Royal Family of the Guitar," Los Romeros is featured this week on Fretworks. The Concerto…

You've probably heard by now about mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato breaking her leg during a performance of The Barber of Seville in London with the Royal…

How quickly the pendulum swings. Seems like it was only yesterday when stories auguring classical music's imminent death, demise or, at the very least,…

With Christmas just a week away, the next Fretworks abounds with beautiful music for the classical guitar that evokes the holiday spirit. Giovanni De…