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Ten of the Rockiest Marriages in Classical Music History, Part 1
From Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre to Haydn and Maria Anna Keller

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Nikolay Khozyainov
‘Music Can Connect Us All, In Unimaginable Ways’ Described by the New York Times as a musician of ‘stunning virtuosity and prodigious technique’, Russian pianist Nikolay Khozyainov has built up a reputation as a musician of unique musical sensitivity and
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Ode to Napoleon: Byron and Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon, Op. 41, for string quartet, piano, and reciter, was completed on 12 June 1942. The reciter takes his text from Lord Byron and his Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, written in 1814. The occasion was the
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James MacMillan and Seven British Portraits
In his 1990 work …as others see us…, Scottish composer James MacMillan chose paintings in the National Portrait Gallery to depict in music. He started with a line from the Scottish poet Robert Burns, who wished for the gift ‘to
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Did you know Vaughan Williams composed for Shakespeare productions in Stratford-upon-Avon? Listen to a reconstructed version of his lost 'Henry V Overture'!

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14 Pieces of Classical Music About the Sky
Whenever people are looking for inspiration, they often look up into the sky. Classical composers are no exception. We’ve gathered fourteen pieces of classical music that encourage us to take a breath, go outside, and look up. Franz Liszt: Nuages
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