What Makes It Great with Rob Kapilow

This Friday (12/11) on What Makes It Great, host composer, conductor, author and commentator Rob Kapilow is joined by the Aeolus String Quartet in a program featuring one of the most beloved and well-known chamber works, Antonin Dvorak's String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, the "American." 

The work was composed during Dvorak's time in America from 1892 to 1895. This performance was recorded last November at the Kaufman Music Center in New York, home of WMIG. 

This Friday (11/2 at 8 pm) begins The Classical Network's fourth season of the popular series "What Makes It Great" with host composer, conductor, author and commentator Rob Kapilow. For this month's broadcast, Kapilow is joined by the Canadian Rolston String Quartet with special guest double bassist Sam Suggs in a program that focuses on one of the best-known works of classical music - Mozart's Serenade "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik."

Join The Classical Network Friday (3/9) at 8 pm for the next episode of "What Makes It Great" hosted by conductor, author and commentator Rob Kapilow. On this month's program, Kapilow will be conducting his special guest ensemble The Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia and as he explores the final symphony of Franz Joseph Haydn, the Symphony No. 104 in D Major "London."

What Makes it Great with Rob Kapilow returns this Friday (2/2) at 8 pm as he focuses on one of Beethoven's last works, his Quartet No. 16, Op. 135. The Harlem Quartet will join Kapilow as he discusses what makes this work great, followed by a performance and a Q & A session.

This Friday  and Saturday, What Makes it Great with Rob Kapilow returns for its new season on The Classical Network with a program dedicated to the music of George Gershwin. This broadcast is from a performance recorded two weeks ago at the home of WMIG, Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Music Center in New York City

Our Friday night concert program features the encore presentation of What Makes it Great with Rob Kapilow, who is joined by select young musicians from area youth orchestras - Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra, Youth Orchestra of Bucks County and Princeton High School Orchestra. Kapilow explores Schubert's Symphony No. 8 in B minor, "Unfinished," with a full performance of the work in the second part of the broadcast. Tune in at 8 pm.