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Classical Spotlight
10:55 am
Mon February 11, 2013

Joshua Bell Conducts Beethoven, And Teams With...Scarlett Johansson!

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Josh Bell's latest release
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Joshua Bell and the Acamedy of St. Martin in the Fields
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Joshua Bell and John Clare
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Violinist busy with recordings and nominations

The latest from Joshua Bell isn't a violin album, although he does play. It features his "new band," the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, of which Bell is the Music Director; only the second one in the group's 54 year history. The new Sony Classical release features Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphonies No. 4 and No. 7.

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Classical Spotlight
7:30 am
Fri February 8, 2013

YOSA And Children's Choir Re-Imagine Brahms

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Conductor Troy Peters of YOSA
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YOSA and CCSA collaborate for BrahmsFest

Monday night, February 11, two outstanding youth groups combine on the stage of Trinity University's Laurie Auditorium to celebrate the music of Johannes Brahms. The official Brahms Festival event will feature new orchestrations and old favorites.

Marguerite McCormick and Troy Peters will conduct the Children's Chorus of San Antonio and the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio Philharmonic in "Brahms ReImagined." 

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Classical Spotlight
6:56 am
Thu February 7, 2013

'Mona Lisa' Violin Smiles With New Owner Anne Akiko Meyers

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Anne Akiko Meyers and her "ex-Vieuxtemps" Guarneri
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John Clare interviews Anne Akiko Meyers
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Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers was recently named "Instrumentalist of the Year" by the Austin Critics' Table, and continues to tour around the globe (You may have met her at our 2010 CD signing party). Meyers typically tours with a 1730 Stradivarius violin called the "Royal Spanish" and a 1697 Stradivarius called the "Molitor," said to have been owned by Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Classical Spotlight
6:29 am
Wed February 6, 2013

The Five Browns Bring Their All-Piano Quintet To Boerne

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In classical circles, a piano quintet is almost always one piano and four instrumentalists (string or wind). The Five Browns are literally a piano quintet -- five Juilliard pianists -- and all family -- two brothers and three sisters! Since being dubbed the "Fab Five" by People Magazine, they have been featured on Oprah, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America, Today, and The Tonight Show.

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