What Makes It Great with Rob Kapilow
Monthly - Friday evening 8 pm; encore Saturday 1 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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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 Friday (12/9) looks at the Jewish composers who wrote classic American Christmas songs.
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Hear a rebroadcast of our What Makes it Great live soiree from Nov. 6 with composer, conductor and commentator Rob Kapilow this Friday (11/18) at 8 pm.
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Composer, conductor and commentator Rob Kapilow walks us through George Gershwin's iconic work this Friday (11/11) at 8 pm with an encore broadcast Saturday at 2 pm.
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Composer, conductor and commentator Rob Kapilow visits the WWFM studio for a live What Makes it Great broadcast.
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Composer, conductor and commentator Rob Kapilow traces the incredible songwriter career of the Fab Four in this program, airing at the special time of Saturday at 8 pm.
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This encore broadcast of What Makes it Great this Friday (8/5) features the Mendelssohn Octet with the Aeolus Quartet.