Aug 21 Blog Premiere Recording of Ethel Smyth’s Monumental Opus Ethel Smyth was a driving force for suffrage in Great Britain, leading the cause for women’s right to vote. Smyth spent a few weeks in prison for her activism. She used her clout as a leading composer in England to generate headlines and gain public sympathy to the cause. As a composer, Smyth’s work was […] By WUOL Aug 21 Blog Premiere Recording of Ethel Smyth’s Monumental Opus By WUOL
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 22 Blog Singing In The Dark Times: Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir Takes On New Meaning Even before the age of social-distancing, composer and conductor Eric Whitacre had been leading an online chorus for a decade. Choir members say the connection they foster is more important than ever. By WUOL Jul 22 Blog Singing In The Dark Times: Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir Takes On New Meaning By WUOL
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