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  • Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

    Jane Mallett Theatre 27 Front Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Featuring Jonathan Crow, violin · Annalee Patipatanakoon, violin · Sharon Wei, viola · Roman Borys, cello · Dior String Quartet In What Makes It Great?®, composer, commentator, and author Rob […]

  • 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 States

    Host 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 […]

  • What Makes It Great? Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata

    Jane Mallett Theatre 27 Front Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Featuring 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 […]

  • What Makes It Great? Count Basie

    Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts 18000 Park Plaza Drive, Cerritos, CA, United States

    Across 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 […]

  • What Makes It Great? John Adams’s “Shaker Loops”

    Merkin Concert Hall, New York 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Featuring Terra String Quartet Host Rob Kapilow takes you back to the heady days of early minimalism, when composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass were rejecting the abstract and […]

  • What Makes It Great? Count Basie

    Merkin Concert Hall, New York 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Featuring the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Orchestra Explore the music and extraordinary 50-year career of one of the most important big band leaders of the 20th century. Host Rob […]

  • What Makes It Great? James Taylor

    Merkin Concert Hall, New York 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Featuring singer-songwriter Eugene Ruffalo, guitarist Ann Klein, and more Get a fresh perspective on the legendary artist who became one of the most beloved musicians and defining voices of the […]