Sunday Brunch With Elliott Forrest

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Re Vidler, age 87, playing the piano

Not So Child Prodigies

Friday, January 29, 2010

Did you start to learn an instrument or start to take voice lessons ‘later in life’? Are you afraid you won’t really master it, because you’ve started later, or does that matter? I’d like to hear your stories.

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People waiting in line

Queue the Audience?

Friday, December 11, 2009

There is a disturbing new trend on Broadway--and I’m not talking about turning movies into shows or juke box musicals.

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Sir James Galway, flute

A Conversation with Sir James Galway

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Elliott Forrest interviews world reknown flutist Sir James Galway on the occasion of his 70th birthday. WQXR presents an hour of conversation and music.

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Audience clapping

To Applaud or Not to Applaud?

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Recently President Obama brought classical music to the White House. His only problem: he claimed not to know when to applaud.

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photograph from 1943

Your First Classical Concert in New York

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Well this is my first blog entry on WQXR.org. And I want to hear from you.

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About Sunday Brunch With Elliott Forrest

Elliott Forrest is a Peabody Award winning broadcaster and producer. He has been heard regularly on WQXR since 2002. He is the national radio host of the syndicated concerts from The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and creates regular podcasts for The New York Philharmonic.

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