What Makes It Great with Rob Kapilow
Monthly - Monday evening 8 pm; encore Saturday 2 pm
The Classical Network's monthly broadcast of the popular, sold-out concert series from Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City. Composer, conductor, author and music commentator Rob Kapilow, through demonstration and discussion, presents a work or group of works by a well-known composer and shows us what makes this music great. This demonstration is followed by a complete performance of the work followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
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Host Rob Kapilow leads an exploration through Mussorgsky’s masterwork Monday (3/25) at 8 pm.
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Songs by Nadia and Lili Boulanger and the Boulanger Monday (2/19) at 8 pm.
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Get into the swing of the Big Band era with Host Rob Kapilow this Monday (10/23 at 8 pm).
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Hear a rebroadcast of last week's What Makes it Great with the music of Carole King and Joni Mitchell this Friday (7/7) at 8 pm.
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Rob Kapilow shares his latest What Makes it Great program in this special broadcast on Thursday (6/29) at 7 pm
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The Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia joins host, conductor and commentator Rob Kapilow this Friday (5/5 at 8 pm) on What Makes it Great.
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Host Rob Kapilow welcomes the Ulysses String Quartet as he walks us through Leoš Janáček's String Quartet No 2 this Friday and Saturday (3/31 at 8 pm and 4/1 at 2 pm).
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Host Rob Kapilow takes us through Gershwin's iconic Rhapsody in Blue this Friday night (12/20) at 8 pm.
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Host Rob Kapilow takes us through the poetry and music that Benjamin Britten brought together in his A Ceremony of Carols this Friday at 8 pm, with a rebroadcast Saturday at 3 pm.
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Host Rob Kapilow this Monday (12/11) looks at the Jewish composers who wrote classic American Christmas songs.