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Antonio Vivaldi — Ottone in Villa. Vivaldi was already well-established as a composer of instrumental music in 1713 when his career took a major shift. First he received an appointment in Venice as a choral maestro that made him responsible for supplying liturgical music for regular services as well as for special occasions. Then he…

Check out this Halloween house light show set to “This is Halloween” from the Movie “Nightmare Before Christmas”.

We came across Sungha Jung, and his incredible guitar talent, late one night while jumping from You Tube video to You Tube video. The “Bl*ackbird” video was one of the first that he posted several years ago. He’s now a full fledge “superstar” in his native South Korea. Below are two of my favorites, but…

Here is another great You Tube find – Debussy’s Arabesque #1, with a wonderful computer animation. Stephen Malinowski is on piano.

Join host Larry West at 1pm-4pm. This week: Carl Nielsen’s “Inextinguishable” Symphony, a concerto grosso of Archangelo Corelli, Norman Dello Joio’s Sonata for Trumpet & Piano, and much more, plus a regional calendar of classical performance events.

Eleven-year-old Juneau songstress Anna Graceman failed to advance to the final four on NBC’s America’s Got Talent this week. Viewers across the country voted for jazz singer Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr. over Graceman on Wednesday. In earlier episodes she’d wowed audiences with her piano playing and outsized singing voice. After the results were announced, Graceman…