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American pianist Ruth Slenczynska was born in California in 1925. If you think Mama Rose in Gyspy was bad, it appears that young Ruth had the stage father…

Terence McNally's 1995 play "Master Class" is back on Broadway starring Tyne Daly as Maria Callas. The play is a re construction of the classes Callas…

Beethoven's stern visage stares at us from a shelf in the corner, his stony gaze locked in time. He might not have taken too kindly to Peter Schickele's…

Orchestras have grown over the years, with composers writing music for larger and larger forces. Mahler and Wagner come immediately to mind. Leopold…

CLASSICAL 101 BY REQUEST begins tomorrow at 1 PM! Our listeners have always delighted me, especially since I now have a venue to hear from more of you…

Requested for this Friday, the Piano trio in c by Eduard Lalo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnyzIpdSE2w Eduard Lalo (1823-1982)Â should be more than a…

It's Wednesday morning and the parking lot at the Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans clinic is full. The clinic draws veterans from an eight or nine county region…

Or maybe a better way to put it would be, what would you sacrifice? James Rhodes has put in the requisite time and effort to become one of the world's…

Jim Gallagher and I shared a plate of barbecue at a recent outdoor soiree. Jim is professor emeritus of music and was the long time director of choral…

A lot of great music was heard on the Grammy broadcast, along with some not so great. Â Unfortunately, the Classical category is mostly relegated to…