'Toroi Bandi'
Get ready to move and gallop in ‘Toroi Bandi,’ the latest episode of YourClassical Storytime featuring traditional Mongolian folk music and original illustration and animation by Joseph Midthun and Daniel Hoffstrom. Listen now!
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Khatia Buniatishvili pays homage to W.A. Mozart
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Luke Kirby on 'Etoile', a show set in the world of ballet dancers in New York and Paris
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More April birthays
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Friday Favorites: Listener requests with guest host Julie Amacher
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Duke Ellington once said, “All arrangements of historic American Negro music have been made by conservatory-trained musicians who inevitably handle it with a European technique. It’s time a big piece of music was written from the inside.” That piece of music was ‘Black, Brown and Beige.’ Find out more in the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
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