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A Tale Of Two Composers: How Tchaikovsky Changed Rachmaninoff's Life

Chapter 2 of our new Great Composers miniseries looks at how Tchaikovsky nurtured the career of young Rachmaninoff. What happened next left Rachmaninoff devastated.

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Are These Mysterious Great Sand Dunes Stones Musical? When You Hear It, ‘You Believe It’

By Brad Turner Aug 29, 2018

Rounded stones shaped like French baguettes have baffled scientists since they were discovered near the Great Sand Dunes. Now, there may be an answer.

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Leonard Bernstein: 100 Years Of A Great American Composer

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Why Bernstein Still Matters: A Conversation With The Colorado Symphony's Brett Mitchell

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Colorado (And Ugly Politics) Inspired Benjamin Park's 'For Purple Mountains'

Marc-Andre Hamelin Turns A Timeless Melody Into A Raucous Piano Workout

By Brad Turner Sep 6, 2018

Plus: How 30 different pianists helped unveil the piece.

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Music Forward Matt Weesner

Saturday and Sunday nights at 7, explore music by contemporary composers, including Colorado artists, and hear the most influential pieces of the past century.
Colorado Spotlight David Ginder

Weekdays at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., David Ginder is your connection to the music, voices and happenings of Colorado's classical music community.
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Sunday mornings, 6 to 10 a.m., David Rutherford hosts a musical journey to comfort, inspire and renew your mind and spirit.
The Baroque Show Jean Inaba

Sundays at 10 a.m., two hours from an era of great musical development, beginning in the early 1600s, and ending with the death of J.S. Bach in 1750.
Midday Mozart Karla Walker

Weekdays at noon, spend your lunch hour with one of the greatest masters of classical music.
Metropolitan Opera

Launched in 1931, the Met’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical music program in radio history and your front row seat to a 128-year-old cultural institution.

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A Tale Of Two Composers: How Tchaikovsky Changed Rachmaninoff's Life

Are These Mysterious Great Sand Dunes Stones Musical? When You Hear It, ‘You Believe It’

Leonard Bernstein: 100 Years Of A Great American Composer

Why Bernstein Still Matters: A Conversation With The Colorado Symphony's Brett Mitchell

Colorado (And Ugly Politics) Inspired Benjamin Park's 'For Purple Mountains'

Marc-Andre Hamelin Turns A Timeless Melody Into A Raucous Piano Workout

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CU Faculty Tuesdays: From Hungary to Czechoslovakia

CU Presents: Takács Quartet

CU Bernstein at 100: Screening of "The Dybbuk"

CU Faculty Tuesdays: Bernstein at 100 - Chamber Music

Friends of Chamber Music: William Hagen & Orion Weiss

Music Forward Matt Weesner

Colorado Spotlight David Ginder

Sacred Classics David Rutherford

The Baroque Show Jean Inaba

Midday Mozart Karla Walker

Metropolitan Opera