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Music + Culture
11:42 am
Tue April 9, 2013

Can Yo-Yo Ma Fix The Arts?

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Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Cristina Pato perform during Ma's Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center.
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3:02 pm
Mon April 8, 2013

Chopin's 'Mad Men' Cameo

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Dr. Arnold Rosen (Brian Markinson) and Sylvia Rosen (Linda Cardellini) celebrate New Year's Eve with Megan Draper (Jessica Pare) and Don Draper (Jon Hamm) as the sixth season of Mad Men opens.
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By Mark Mobley

Mad Men's music is as important as its plot and costumes. While attention has been lavished on its pop songs, the show's occasional use of classical music has gone largely unrecognized.

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Music + Culture
5:37 pm
Sat April 6, 2013

Vespers, Habaneras And Early Morning Walks: New Classical Albums

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The Attacca String Quartet's latest album celebrates John Adams.
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Rachmaninov's All Night Vigil.
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Originally published on Sun April 7, 2013 3:52 pm

Robert Frost's famous poem "The Road Not Taken" begins with the line: "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood." Frost's traveler must choose between them. But slide that metaphor over to the world of classical music and you will discover hundreds of paths to explore.

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Music + Culture
9:25 am
Thu April 4, 2013

Huberman's List: How A Violinist Saved Jews In World War II

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Violinist Bronislaw Huberman in a 1900 photo, taken when he was 18 years old.
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By Anastasia Tsioulcas

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3:13 pm
Wed April 3, 2013

Remembering Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Robert Ward

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Robert Ward won a Pulitzer for bringing Arthur Miller's play The Crucible to the opera stage.
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By Mark Mobley

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