Of Note
"Of Note" with Katy Henriksen is an hour devoted to classical recordings of note, as well as classical music and fine arts events of note in the listening area. Tune in Monday through Friday from 11 to noon for the best classical recordings, as well as engaging interviews with musicians, conductors and performers. Be sure to Like Of Note on Facebook or follow @ofnotekuaf on Twitter.
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How Composing and Performing Inform Each Other The young Russian pianist Daniil Trifanov has taken the classical music world by storm ever since winning the both the Tchaikovsky and Rubinstein competitions in 2011. He's now signed to Deutsche Grammophon and his first release with the label is his Carnegie Hall debut. Also a composer, Trifanov feels that performance and composition help each other out. |
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Love's Joy and Sorrow for SoNA's Valentines Pops Concert Symphony of Northwest Arkansas's music director Paul Haas elaborates on the symphony's upcoming Valentines Pops concert, which will feature love and its pursuit. |
For the Love of Bach American pianist Simone Dinnerstein opens up about her earliest memories of Bach and about when she first fell in love with music. Her new album Bach Inventions & Sinfonias is out now on Sony Classical. |
A Cellist's Early Love of Dvorak's Bohemian Mystery American cellist Alisa Weilerstein has dreamed of playing Dvorak's cello concerto at concert halls the world over since age four. Her new recording for Decca documents this passion, with Weilerstein performing the lyrical work, accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra under Jiri Belohlavek. Katy Henriksen talks to Weilerstein about her early love for Dvorak, the importance of biographical details to understanding pieces and about how the concerto is a tone poem, with the cello as the hero. |
Russian Pianist Presents a Journey of the Sonata Form Dmitri Ratser, Russian pianist and faculty member of the prestigious Moscow Conservatory of Music, visits the University of Arkansas music department to present a journey through the sonata form beginning with Haydn through the romantics, culminating with a modern sonata from Rosenblatt. His free recital is tonight at 8 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith concert hall on the UA campus in Fayetteville. |
