Program and Artist Information:

In his acclaimed What Makes It Great?© series, former NPR music commentator Rob Kapilow “gets audiences in tune with classical music at a deeper level than many of them thought possible,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

In a three-part format, Kapilow unravels and explores the Bach Double Concerto and how Bach’s concertos are a direct response to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Next, the double concerto is presented in its entirety by the Peabody Chamber Players. A lively Q&A with the audience and performers concludes the evening.

The New York Times called the series “the kind of enlightening musical seminar in which you hang on to every word and note.”

What Makes It Great? © is presented in partnership with The Smithsonian Associates and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.