Veronica Nelson
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Valentina Lisitsa performs the piano music of Scriabin in her recent release Nuances. Hear highlights from this album on Of Note’s very last 11 to noon…
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Hailed by The New York Times as a pianist “of a fiery sensibility and warm touch,” Anna Shelest's new album explores Prokofiev's first two piano…
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Before composing The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky unexpectedly wrote a piano-led orchestral piece, Petrushka, that is experimental, playful, and a…
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"Fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character," is the whimsically longwinded subtitle to Richard Strauss’ "Don Quixote," which is considered by…
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In the midst of summer, when the heat can be oppressive, it is relieving to find solace in the water.In Helene Grimaud’s new album Water she explores this…
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Zachary Wadsworth describes poet Tim Dlugos’ work as “affirmations, bright and defiant in their optimism, their light, and their life.”Although Wadsworth…
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KUAF’s Sunday Symphony provides two and a half hours of full symphonic works. This allows for a wide variety of pieces from different classical…
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Ernest Bloch’s Violin Sonata No. 1 is widely considered one of the most demanding and technically complicated for the instrument.Composer Roger Sessions…
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"Red River," a piece by Mason Bates, was inspired by everything the famous river touches, from the Colorado Rockies to the California desert. Painting a…
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“Femme Fatale, tragic heroine, free spirit, object of desire—Carmen fascinates and captivates like no other woman,” says accordionist Ksenija…