Café Concerts
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Café Concert: Michael Slattery
John Dowland is often considered the pinnacle of refined Elizabethan music. But for Michael Slattery, the composer may not represent England at all, but Ireland. Here's why. May 16, 2012
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Café Concert: Steven Isserlis
Steven Isserlis, the English cellist, came to embrace Beethoven and Bach comparatively late in his busy career. He told us why, and performed live in the WQXR Café.
May 9, 2012
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Café Concert: Nathan Gunn
Nathan Gunn is known for such roles as Billy Budd, the Count in Marriage of Figaro and Lancelot in Camelot. Outside the opera world, he's the proud holder of a spot in People magazine... May 2, 2012
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Café Concert: Tim Fain
Tim Fain accompanied Natalie Portman in Black Swan and has been a regular collaborator with Philip Glass in recent years. Watch this video of him performing Glass's Partita.
Apr 25, 2012
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Café Concert: Quartet New Generation
Using some 40 different types of instruments, the Berlin-based quartet is just as likely to play the Renaissance canon as it is to tackle outrageously theatrical new works by today's composers.
Apr 18, 2012
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Café Concert: Alexandre Tharaud
French pianist Alexandre Tharaud has a particular fascination with the music that emerged from Le Boeuf Sur le Toit cabaret in the 1920s. Watch him play "Le Jazz" in the WQXR Café.
Apr 12, 2012
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Café Concert: So Percussion
The percussion quartet So Percussion performs Inlets, John Cage's Zenlike score for water-filled conch shells and burning pine cones, in the WQXR Café. Watch the video here. Mar 22, 2012
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Café Concert: Ryu Goto
Ryu Goto opened his Café Concert with Kreisler's Liebesleid, a bittersweet waltz that evokes a kind of aristocratic grace from another era. But he's hardly a violinist stuck in the past. Mar 14, 2012
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Café Concert: Xuefei Yang
Classical guitarist Xuefei Yang is on a mission to make her instrument more visible in the classical music mainstream. See her perform in the WQXR Café in two videos.
Feb 28, 2012
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Café Concert: Brentano String Quartet
The Brentano String Quartet has taken abandoned pieces by Bach, Shostakovich, Haydn and Mozart, and commissioned several composers to write individual responses to them. Feb 15, 2012
