What Makes It Great?
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What Makes It Great? Jupiter Symphony
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos, CA, United StatesIn one of music's most astonishing feats, Mozart wrote his final three symphonies in just six weeks during the summer of 1788. Why he wrote them, or whether he ever […]
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What Makes It Great? Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Merkin Concert Hall, New York 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, United StatesFeaturing violinist Timothy Chooi and the Manhattan School of Music Camerata Nova The 1881 premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major got one of the most famous bad reviews […]
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What Makes It Great? The Music of Lerner and Loewe
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford 327 Lasuen St,, Stanford, CA, United StatesEmily Albrink & Ben Jones, vocalists. In this performance, Kapilow breaks down musical highlights from iconic shows like My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Brigadoon, enhancing listeners’ appreciation by revealing the […]
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What Makes It Great? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory Boston 20 Park Plaza, Suite 220, Boston, MA, United StatesHost Rob Kapilow, Boston's A Far Cry chamber orchestra, and clarinetist Romie de Guise-Langlois—hailed as "extraordinary" by the New York Times—unlock the secrets of the most celebrated clarinet concerto ever […]
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What Makes It Great? Franz Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D.810 “Death and the Maiden”
Merkin Concert Hall, New York 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, United StatesFeaturing Terra String Quartet Schubert’s gripping quartet is one of the most frequently performed and emotionally affecting works in the chamber music repertoire. Written during a period of illness, isolation, […]
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What Makes It Great? Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata
Jane Mallett Theatre 27 Front Street East, Toronto, ON, CanadaFeaturing Meagan Milatz, piano In What Makes It Great?, master communicator Rob Kapilow and brilliant Canadian pianist Meagan Milatz explore Beethoven’s electrifying Appassionata Sonata, revealing how the composer transforms simple […]
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What Makes It Great? Anything But Standard: The Music of Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson
Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory Boston 20 Park Plaza, Suite 220, Boston, MA, United StatesRob Kapilow, host and pianist Mia Drummond, vocalist Gabrielle Stravelli, vocalist Joshua Richman, piano Patrick Ti O’Leary, bass Rob Kapilow's delightfully illuminating What Makes It Great? programs are a masterclass […]
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What Makes It Great? Count Basie
Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos, CA, United StatesAcross a 50-year career, Count Basie led one of the most important big bands of the 20th century. From the early days of 1930s Kansas City and Chicago Swing into […]
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What Makes It Great? Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Summer of Love
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford 327 Lasuen St,, Stanford, CA, United StatesTake a fresh look at two 1960s icons who made their indelible mark in just three brilliant years, beginning with their debuts at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Quintessential voices […]