Christopher Rouse

The Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert on WRTI: The Organ Takes Center Stage

Gregg Whiteside

Paul Jacobs, the only organist ever to have won a Grammy Award, will perform in all three works on our Philadelphia Orchestra in Concert broadcast on…

Arts Desk

The Late Composer Christopher Rouse's Organ Concerto Explores The Mysteries of Music as an Art Form

Susan Lewis

Music can be mysterious, even to those who spend their lives creating it. As WRTI’s Susan Lewis reports, the late composer Christopher Rouse pondered the…

Composer Christopher Rouse, photographed in New York City in 2005.

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Remembering The 'Fast And Furious' Music Of Christopher Rouse

Tom Huizenga

Conductor Marin Alsop and composer Nico Muhly recall their friend and colleague who wrote deeply expressive music.

"Even people who come in cold without any knowledge — you still hope that somehow the music will speak to them," Christopher Rouse says.

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Newlywed Composer Christopher Rouse On His Encoded Musical Love Letters

NPR Staff

In a piece on his latest album, the Pulitzer-winning composer uses a code of musical notes to spell out the name of his wife, Natasha. Another composition is inspired by her remarkable resilience.

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The Concerto Inspired by Gaudí, "God's Architect"

We look up and out on Now Is the Time, Saturday, September 26th at 9 pm. In Philadelphia there’s no escaping the influence of the pope’s visit this…