Dec 01 Blog Julia Bullock: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert From her home in Germany, the provocative American soprano delivers songs of introspection and freedom from Franz Schubert's mountaintop epiphany to Billy Taylor's wish for equality and justice. By Tom Huizenga Dec 01 Blog Julia Bullock: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert By Tom Huizenga
Aug 18 Blog Víkingur Ólafsson: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert Watch the rising young pianist, in a final performance from his Berlin home, make the case for two seemingly disparate French composers born nearly 200 years apart. By Tom Huizenga Aug 18 Blog Víkingur Ólafsson: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert By Tom Huizenga
Aug 03 Blog Leon Fleisher, The Pianist Who Reinvented Himself, Dies At 92 The beloved pianist was a young lion of his generation until a hand injury forced him to rethink his relationship to music. By Tom Huizenga Aug 03 Blog Leon Fleisher, The Pianist Who Reinvented Himself, Dies At 92 By Tom Huizenga
Jul 14 Blog Someone Finally Remembered William Dawson’s ‘Negro Folk Symphony’ Broadcast nationwide in 1934 and praised by listeners and critics alike, a masterful symphony soon fell silent. A new recording hopes to help revive an American treasure. By Tom Huizenga Jul 14 Blog Someone Finally Remembered William Dawson’s ‘Negro Folk Symphony’ By Tom Huizenga
Jun 16 Blog Clarinetist Anthony McGill Kneels, Pleads And Plays For Justice With the help of a few "wrong" notes, the principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic turned "America the Beautiful" into a solemn protest of police violence. By Tom Huizenga Jun 16 Blog Clarinetist Anthony McGill Kneels, Pleads And Plays For Justice By Tom Huizenga
May 31 Blog Lara Downes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert Watch the pianist reimagine old spirituals and songs of freedom that continue to resonate in new ways. By Tom Huizenga May 31 Blog Lara Downes: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert By Tom Huizenga
May 27 Blog Our Daily Breather: Steve Reich Composes During The Coronavirus Crisis In Our Daily Breather, we ask writers and artists to recommend ways to find calm in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Steve Reich tells NPR Music about his new composition. By Tom Huizenga May 27 Blog Our Daily Breather: Steve Reich Composes During The Coronavirus Crisis By Tom Huizenga