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Violinist Lisa Batiashvili first attempted a Prokofiev concerto at age 13, shortly after moving from Tbilisi, Georgia, to Hamburg, Germany. She remembers…
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"I think that was the first thing I ever fought for," said violinist Jennifer Koh regarding Tchaikovsky's violin concerto, which she begged her teacher to…
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The theme for today's show is lush late romanticism with Tchaikovsky's violin concerto and his "Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture" plus Rachmaninov's 3rd…
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Carl Nielsen wrote his two movement violin concerto in 1911 for his son-in-law Emil Telmány, a Hungarian violinist. Hear it, plus an orchestral suite from…
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I can pack a lot of music in two hours. This time that means a five movement work from Asha Shrinivasan in Michael Mizrahi's Currents, a beloved symphony…
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“This eloquent composition [Shostakovich], pushing all bearable limits with its melancholic and dazzlingly expeditious features found a perfect match in…
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It's easy to see why Bartok's stunning 2nd violin concerto is so popular, especially when you hear it rendered by Isabelle Faust along with the Swedish…
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Violinist Janine Jansen's latest recording features works by two composers, Bartok and Brahms, whose work she admires very much. Brahms's Violin Concerto…
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Holly Smardo and Jason Miller of the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra came by the KUAF studio earlier this week to discuss their upcoming season. The group…
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Henri Dutilleux is known for his flexibility as a composer, but also as one who will be satisfied with nothing less than utter perfection. His violin…