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Classical Music Playlist, March 28, 2023

CapRadio Classical and Jazz celebrates women in music every weekday in March. Today's spotlight is on Nadia and Lili Boulanger with Pulitzer Prize winning by one of Nadia's composition students, Virgil Thomson, for today's Midday Masterpiece.

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Carlos Simon's new work addresses a nation's — and a university's — troubled history

July 22, 2022 | Jennifer Reason

Composer Carlos Simon sheds light on a dark moment in Georgetown University’s history with a 21st-century rendering of an old musical form.

John Bullard breaks the banjo barrier in latest classical release

June 9, 2022 | Avery Jeffry

John Bullard is a banjo player who’s been hoping to make his instrument a mainstay on the classical stage. His newest release, 24 Preludes for Solo Banjo, Vol. 1, bringing the unlikely instrument into a whole new spotlight.

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The debut of 'Omar,' a thoroughly American opera

June 7, 2022

Composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas.

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Composer John Williams and cellist Yo-Yo Ma bring together 'A Gathering of Friends'

May 24, 2022

On a new album, the classical stars revisit the concerto Williams composed specifically for Ma, as well as some of Williams' most affecting film scores.

Meet Raven Chacon, the first indigenous person to win the Pulitzer Prize for music

May 11, 2022

A composer, performer and installation artist from the Navajo Nation, Chacon's winning piece, Voiceless Mass, was composed for a chamber orchestra and a specific Milwaukee pipe organ.

Classical Woman of the Year Lara Downes seeks to engage new audiences

May 5, 2022 | Kevin Doherty

Sacramento pianist Lara Downes is hoping to inspire new audiences for classical music with her inclusive approach to programming.

Can classical music really be inclusive? Composer Jessie Montgomery thinks so

May 1, 2022

With orchestras clamoring for her work, the rising artist feels a responsibility and opportunity to help reframe classical music and the institutions that present it.

Send us your CapRadio Music Haikus for National Poetry Month

April 13, 2022

National Haiku Day is right around the corner and we want you to get creative by showing your love for classical music and jazz in haiku form.

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein finds beauty in repetition

March 18, 2022 | Jennifer Reason

Simone Dinnerstein completes her pandemic trilogy with her newest album, “Undersong.” The project delves into her moods and feelings during the pandemic, even capturing some of the intimate sounds of home on the record.

CapRadio joins classical music stations across the world in a call for peace

March 10, 2022

On Thursday, March 10, classical music stations around the world will broadcast all or a portion of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in a unified call for peace.

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