December, 2025

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Dreaming of Sax (and Piano): Duo HaLo’s Imaginary Folksongs
Taking Stephen Lias’s set of six pieces, Imaginary Folksongs, as the title for their new recording, saxophone and piano Duo HaLo, with Andrew Harrison on sax and Jason Lo, play music that places equal emphasis on both sides of the
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Before And After Thanksgiving
Credit: Mike Magatagan
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Rudolf Buchbinder’s Beethoven (Born on December 1, 1946)
Architect of Clarity
For six decades, pianist Rudolf Buchbinder has occupied a unique position among Beethoven interpreters. He is neither a flamboyant visionary who reshapes the score in his own image nor the archivist who entombs it in historical reverence. Instead, he has
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10 Most Popular YouTube Performances by the World’s Best Orchestras
The world’s greatest orchestras have long awed audiences from their concert hall stages, but now, thanks to the magic of the Internet and YouTube, their reach can extend far beyond their physical auditoriums. Today, millions of listeners around the world
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James Baillieu
Trust, Diplomacy and Kind Cruelty Travel to the right part of the UK’s rural Devonshire region on the right day at the right time, and you might just see a farm vehicle trundling along with some logs in tow. Nothing
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