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From The Top: New York, NY

This week's show recorded in New York features amazing performances and inspiring stories from some of America's best young classical musicians.

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Monday at 9:00pm on Classical WETA

Front Row Washington

Classical performances by top local musicians and ensembles at venues throughout the Washington area.

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Rich Kleinfeldt

Rich Kleinfeldt is a part time host for Classical WETA 90.9 FM. A professional musician, teacher and lecturer, Rich also hosts Center Stage at Wolf Trap.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Capriccio, BWV 993 in E Major

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Concert recitative and aria. Bella mia fiamma, addio!...Resta, oh cara, K 528 (Light of my life, farewell!...Stay, dear heart)

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Philharmonic Flip-Flop: Conductor Alan Gilbert Trades New York For Hamburg

June 23, 2017

The conductor, who cut his tenure short as the New York Philharmonic's music director, finds a welcoming new home — with a glitzy new concert hall — in Hamburg, Germany.

Meet Felix Mendelssohn, Composer Of The Original Song Of The Summer

June 23, 2017

Celebrate the sunniest of seasons with the German prodigy's timeless Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Mozart And 'The Peanut Vendor' In Havana

June 22, 2017

What happens when cultural doors open between the U.S. and Cuba? Beautiful moments like this mix of Mozart and a Cuban classic — with Brooklyn pianist Simone Dinnerstein and an orchestra from Havana.

Watch Conductor Simon Rattle Turn Into A High-Tech Tangle Of Spaghetti

June 20, 2017

With the aid of motion capture technology, and an imaginative digital artist, the gestures of the London Symphony Orchestra's conductor are transformed into trippy new animations.

Meet The Nanotechnologist Behind The Timpani At The Met

June 17, 2017

Jason Haaheim was a senior scientist at a nanotech company before deciding he wanted to play in a professional orchestra. He's now principal timpanist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

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Antony Walker conducts Rossini's La Pietra del Paragone

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