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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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.
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This Friday's Concert Broadcast (7/15) features the encore broadcast of the live performance from The Princeton Festival, featuring the Signum Quartet.
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The Classical Network joins with The Princeton Festival to bring you a live performance of What Makes it Great, featuring host Rob Kapilow and the Signum Quartet playing Franz Schubert's String Quartet in D Minor, “Death and the Maiden."
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Continuing our 6th season of broadcasting this program this episode features the music of Tchaikovsky and the very talented students from one of the most prestigious music schools in the world the Manhattan School of Music Sinfonia as led by Rob Kapilow and the program will focus on the Russian Master’s beloved Serenade for Strings. This program was recorded live at the home of ‘What Makes It Great’ Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center in Midtown Manhattan back on April 4th, 2022.
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Host Rob Kapilow is joined by the Manhattan School of Music Sinfonia as he dives into Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings.
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Host Rob Kapilow examines Mozart's String Quartet No. 19 in C Major.