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The Source
2:52 pm
Wed February 20, 2013

The Source: The Father Of Electronic Music Visits San Antonio & URBAN-15

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SA Composer George Cisneros of Urban-15 (left) with modern music legend Morton Subotnick in the KSTX Studios
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Ground-breaking avant-garde composer and musician Morton Subotnick has been called the father of electronic music and is a visionary who predicted the age of non-linear interactive media.

Subotnick is in San Antonio for a series of concerts and workshops and he continues to educate and enlighten audiences around the world with non-traditional structures of music.

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Deceptive Cadence
11:29 am
Wed February 20, 2013

Nordic Symphonies And A $100 Guitar: Music We Love Now

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Conductor Colin Davis concludes his cycle of Carl Nielsen's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra.
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Originally published on Mon March 18, 2013 11:08 am

Turn your ears toward three albums now tickling ours: clever Nielsen, glowing Finland and one battered electric guitar.

KPAC Blog
10:47 pm
Tue February 19, 2013

Leonard Bernstein's Lone Film Score, "On the Waterfront"

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Leonard Bernstein, undated photo
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Karl Malden, Marlon Brando, and Eva Marie Saint in "On the Waterfront."
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Leonard Bernstein wrote only one original film score in his career, for Elia Kazan’s classic film, “On the Waterfront,” starring Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy, a troubled longshoreman and one-time contender who’s gotten mixed up with the wrong crowd. Like Brando’s character, Bernstein’s score is a mixture of tenderness, violence, and nobility.

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Deceptive Cadence
3:20 pm
Mon February 18, 2013

From Bow To Baton: Violinist Joshua Bell Conducts Beethoven

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Violinist Joshua Bell conducts the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields by doing what comes naturally to him. The celebrated soloist is also the London orchestra's music director.
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By NPR Staff

Originally published on Mon February 18, 2013 6:16 pm

Violinist Joshua Bell has followed the lead of symphony orchestra conductors since he turned 7 and made his orchestra debut. But now he's the one waving the baton — or at least waving his violin bow. Bell recently took over the music directorship of the venerable Academy of St. Martin in the Fields.

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Arts Calendar
1:41 pm
Mon February 18, 2013

San Antonio Symphony Announces Lineup For 2013-14 Season

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David Filner, Interim President and CEO of the San Antonio Symphony
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This weekend the San Antonio Symphony completed their Brahms Festival and sent out their next season to subscribers. Today they publicly announced the lineup that includes superstar violinist Joshua Bell, local favorites The Children's Chorus of San Antonio, and a Dvorak Festival.

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Deceptive Cadence
3:42 pm
Sat February 16, 2013

Jonas Kaufmann On Wagner: 'It's Like A Drug Sometimes'

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Tenor Jonas Kaufmann.
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By NPR Staff

Originally published on Sat February 16, 2013 5:00 pm

This year is the bicentennial of Richard Wagner's birth. The man widely called the greatest living Wagnerian tenor is marking the occasion in style — and asking listeners who may have turned away from the German composer to give his music another chance.

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