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Dream Team: If chamber music had a "dream team," Bill's guests this week, OPUS ONE, would be it. Four players representing the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Tashi, the Beaux Arts Trio and the Orion and Guarneri String Quartets, OPUS ONE is the result of a mutual love of music-making between these extraordinary instrumentalists and friends.


Sunday Night on SymphonyCast

Nikolaj Znaider is a young Danish violinist who more and more is earning his reputation as one of the world's greats. His longtime collaborator and musical soul-mate, Pinchas Steinberg, is at the helm of one of the world's great orchestras for this performance of their desert-island composer, Johannes Brahms. It doesn't get much better than this.

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Unearthing Prokofiev: Rare Works Get NYC Debut
Monday February 8, 2010 When it comes to Prokofiev's music, pianist and Yale University professor Boris Berman is the go-to guy. Along with faculty and student musicians, Berman will present newly discovered pieces by the Soviet composer at New York's Zankel Hall on Tuesday night.

Antics And Anguish: Puccini's 'La Boheme'
Thursday February 4, 2010 Passion turns into lasting love, but ends with desperate tragedy, in Puccini's beloved La Boheme — maybe the greatest "date opera" in history — in a racy new production from the Washington National Opera.

The Story of 'La Boheme'
Wednesday February 3, 2010 New love takes a tragic turn in Puccini's beloved La Boheme.

'Cheek To Cheek': The Melody Lingers On
Tuesday February 2, 2010 Top Hat, from 1935, featured Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. But commentator Rob Kapilow says the real star of the movie is Irving Berlin's classic song, "Cheek to Cheek."

Quartet San Francisco: Brubeck On Strings
Saturday January 30, 2010 The chamber ensemble earned two Grammy nominations for its 2009 album, which rearranged classic tunes by the jazz composer Dave Brubeck. On the eve of the Grammy Awards, the string quartet visited NPR to play songs like "Blue Rondo a la Turk."

'Agrippina,' Handel's Unlikely Comedy
Thursday January 28, 2010 In his first, true operatic masterpiece, Handel creates an odd-ball comedy filled with scheming characters from ancient Rome. Read the story and hear excerpts from the site of the opera's premiere, in 1710.

The Story of 'Agrippina'
Thursday January 28, 2010 Early in his career, Handel unleashed an odd-ball comedy, built with ruthless characters from ancient Rome.

Fritz Kreisler's Music (And His Violin) At WGBH
Thursday January 28, 2010 Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider plays one of the most famous fiddles around: a 1741 Guarneri del Gesu that once belonged to the beloved violinist and composer Fritz Kreisler. Hear Znaider play works by Kreisler in the WGBH studios.


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