WPR Music spoke with McGegan about Handel’s most famous work and why it’s remained so popular since it premiered in 1742.

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Bach copied whatever Italian scores he could get his hands on, note by note, to learn what made them work.

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In the early 1960s, New York City's "Queen of the Beatniks" was a young singer from Chippewa Falls: Judy Henske. Writer Patti See looks back on Henske's talent and western Wisconsin's influence on the singer.

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For this recording, Javier Perianes performs on a modern Steinway piano, bringing even more life and sparkle to these timeless works.

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This Veterans Day, a troupe of musicians, historians and theater artists will put on a multi-media rock 'n' roll history show about Wisconsin in World War I. And they’re hoping to bring the show around the state in the near future.

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WPR’s music producer, Ava Kuredjian, interviewed composer Viet Cuong about his new work debuting in Milwaukee, his creative process and what other works inspire him.

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Here's the fourth release in a Grammy-nominated Beethoven for Three series, which includes a great piece for spooky season.

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Each week more than 20 million listeners around the country enjoy music on public radio stations, including WPR.

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Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst has released a new album of music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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The album comes from German violinist Isabelle Faust, who teams up with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, one of the leading ensembles playing on instruments from the 18th century.

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Twenty years later, “Voodoo” stands as an epoch in music and pop history. Filmmaker and writer Faith A. Pennick has penned the 33 1/3 series book on D’Angelo’s masterpiece called, “D’Angelo’s Voodoo.”

She writes that “Voodoo” was “a gumbo of rock, soul, gospel, hip-hop, jazz, and indigenous African and Caribbean music, exploring the pitfalls of fame, love found and lost, carnal desires, and the blessing of a child.”

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This new album features composers Jordan Jinosko, Christopher Reed, Alexander Unseth, David Fogel and Daniel Fisher.

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