There is nothing quite like opera: a full stage production where performers are asked to sing hours of music, in multiple languages, at the very top and bottom of their ranges, and all over a full orchestra. In this episode, Classically Training makes a trip to the Minnesota Opera to find out where this art form came from and how all the pieces come together.

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  Episode 1: What is classical music?
  
  
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  Episode 2: How did the notes on the piano get there?
  
  
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  Episode 3: What does the arm waving mean?
  
  
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  Episode 4: “Sonatas, concertos, and preludes, oh my!”
  
  
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  Episode 5: How do composers compose?
  
  
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All classical music started with a blank page. Before any piece is played or heard, someone has to create it. What does it take to organize all those notes into a final composition? In this episode, composers Shruthi Rajasekar, Janika Vandervelde, and Dan Nass take a seat at the Composers Roundtable to share how they turn their ideas into music.

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  Episode 1: What is classical music?
  
  
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  Episode 2: How did the notes on the piano get there?
  
  
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  Episode 3: What does the arm waving mean?
  
  
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  Episode 4: “Sonatas, concertos, and preludes, oh my!”
  
  
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Reading the title of a classical piece of music can make you feel like you are already behind. Symphony, prelude, toccata, opus, all those numbers.... Is it important to know what they mean? Performance Today host Valerie Kahler will help decode this confusing taxonomy and give some tips for the next time you open a concert program.

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  Episode 1: What is classical music?
  
  
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  Episode 2: How did the notes on the piano get there?
  
  
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  Episode 3: What does the arm waving mean?
  
  
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