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2019
10 Mozart pieces you need to hear
December 26, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Separating the Artist from the Art
December 19, 2019Lawrence Toppman
5 Perfect Holiday Gifts for the Classical Music Lover
December 13, 2019No Top 40 for Wolfgang!
December 12, 2019Lawrence Toppman
The myth of the pauper’s grave
December 5, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Celebrate World Choral Day
December 4, 2019Davidson College
Conductor Mariss Jansons, Who Led Top Orchestras, Dies at 76
December 2, 2019obituary
Stepping into dead men’s shoes
November 28, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Sir Stephen Cleobury, Former Music Director of King’s College, Cambridge, has Died
November 27, 2019obituary
Music: HIP or Un-HIP?
November 21, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Daddy Dearest – or was he?
November 14, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Review: ‘Pipe Dreams’ Strikes A Competitive Chord
November 13, 2019Lawrence Toppman
A keyboard in every home? Once upon a time….
November 7, 2019Lawrence Toppman
More milk! Bigger children! But not sexier sharks.
October 31, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Infrasound: The Terrifying Tonality
October 30, 2019Davidson College
The Art of Anticipation in The Shining’s Bicycle Scene
October 29, 2019Davidson College
The Use of Character Leitmotifs in Bride of Frankenstein
October 28, 2019Davidson College
Abject and Exotic Sounds in Nosferatu
October 25, 2019Davidson College
Why is ‘Don Giovanni’ the world’s greatest opera?
October 24, 2019Lawrence Toppman
African American Caricatures in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
October 23, 2019Davidson College
Conductor and Composer Raymond Leppard – A Champion Of The Old And The New – Has Died
October 22, 2019obituary
“Sing, My Little Pigeon!”: Mr. Hyde and the Musical Uncanny
October 21, 2019Davidson College
The Tritone Interval and Its Use in Horror Films
October 18, 2019Davidson College
Do composers marry the wrong people?
October 17, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Music of Horror Long Before Horror Films Existed: Schubert’s Erlkönig
October 16, 2019Davidson College
Alban Berg’s Wozzeck and the Roots of Horror Film Music
October 14, 2019Davidson College
Operatic Tragedy in Fatal Attraction
October 11, 2019Davidson College
Classical Music’s Greatest Utility Infielder
October 10, 2019Lawrence Toppman
A Brief History of Horror Cinema
October 9, 2019Davidson College
Hearing Horror: Why a Davidson Seminar is Studying Horror Films and Their Soundtracks
October 7, 2019Davidson College Reviewing Horror Series
Amadeus? Never heard of him.
October 3, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Opera Singer Jessye Norman Dies At 74
October 1, 2019obituary opera
Don’t get history lessons from Hollywood
September 26, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Composer Christopher Rouse Dies at Age 70
September 23, 2019obituary
Bach, Mozart, beer and me
September 19, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Q & A: Soprano Melissa Givens on Considering Matthew Shepard
September 16, 2019The Only Composer Everybody Loved
September 12, 2019Lawrence Toppman
What IS a genius, anyway?
September 5, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Mozart good enough to eat
August 29, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Leo Driehuys, conductor who led the transformation of the Charlotte Symphony, has died
August 23, 2019The Concertos Mozart Never Wrote
August 22, 2019Lawrence Toppman Mozart
Mozart’s Music: Shorthand for Arrogance
August 15, 2019Jacques-Louis David Lawrence Toppman Madame Francois Buron Mozart
LGBTQ+ Choirs Raise Their Voices for Charlotte Pride Week
August 14, 2019Classical Kids: A Playlist
August 13, 2019Do Mozart and Asia go together?
August 8, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Kids at Play: Ways To Immerse Kids In Classical Music Around Charlotte
August 7, 2019Classical for kids
Wolfgang Mozart: Father of the gig economy
August 1, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Symphony President and CEO Deissler to Step Down
July 30, 2019Musical Friendships
July 30, 2019Turkey – a delight and a terror to Vienna
July 25, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Reading Music: Fun Reads For Sound-Inspired Youngsters
July 24, 2019Why Mozart wasn’t hard to Handel
July 18, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Music for the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
July 17, 2019playlist
10 Songs to Add to Your Summer Workout Playlist
July 12, 2019playlist
Composer prodigies: Baby geniuses? Maybe….
July 11, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Mozart the Patriot: Missing In Action
July 4, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Six LGBTQ American Musicians to Celebrate This Pride Month and Beyond
June 30, 2019Singing Stonewall: Classical Composers and Musicians Commemorate Stonewall 50 Year Anniversary with Choral and Opera Works
June 28, 2019Grieving a mother’s death in music
June 27, 2019Lawrence Toppman
WDAV’s Endless Summer of Classical Music Playlist
June 21, 2019playlist Summer
Nobody dances to Wolfie
June 20, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Top 5 Reasons to Check Out WDAV’s Small Batch Concert Season Finale
June 19, 2019Reasons to Check Out a Small Batch Concert
Making A Masterpiece Out of Mediocrity
June 13, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Keanu Reeves Walking In Slow-Motion To Music Is The Meme That Keeps On Giving
June 9, 2019The Mozart of Broadway
June 6, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Dispatch from Spoleto: Hypnotic Movements
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Live with Mozart, be buried with Beethoven
May 30, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Dispatch from Spoleto: A Night at the Theater
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Hooray for What’s-His-Name… Haffner!
May 23, 2019When basses ruled the (operatic) world
May 16, 2019Mozart without …ummm…cojones
May 9, 2019Lawrence Toppman
A Festive Carolina Summer
May 8, 2019Exactly when does genius begin?
May 2, 2019Lawrence Toppman
An Entire Universe in a Single Keyboard
April 25, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Was Mozart a Christian Composer?
April 18, 2019Lawrence Toppman
His Frenemy, Yes – but Not His Killer
April 11, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Are dying composers sending us a message?
April 4, 2019Lawrence Toppman
World Autism Awareness Day: WDAV Recognizes the Musical Figures Who Inspire Us
April 2, 2019light it up blue Mozart World Autism Day
Are aliens enjoying Mozart right now?
March 28, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Beauty and Power: Drumming as Transformative Art
March 26, 2019Women's History Month
Mozart’s Invisible Sister
March 21, 2019Lawrence Toppman Women's History Month
The filthy Mozart
March 14, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Honey, I Shrunk the Concertos
March 7, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Joseph Flummerfelt, founding Spoleto Festival choral conductor, dies at 82
March 4, 2019obituary
André Previn, Musical Polymath, Has Died At Age 89
February 28, 2019obituary
What if Mozart had lived to be a Grandpa?
February 28, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Oscars Spotlight: Best Score Nominees
February 21, 2019Academy Awards Oscars
The instrument nobody loved – except Mozart
February 21, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Wolfgang Mozart, honorary Jew
February 14, 2019Lawrence Toppman
King of the prodigies? It’s a four-way tie.
February 7, 2019Lawrence Toppman
Q & A: Hot Sardines Talk Jazz Influences
February 4, 2019Johnny Mozart
January 31, 2019Lawrence Toppman
My Year with Mozart
January 24, 2019Lawrence Toppman