On this week’s episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel talks with Emmy-nominated producer and author Steven C. Smith about his recent book ‘The Music of Max Steiner: The Epic Life of Hollywood's Most Influential Film Composer.’ The music includes selections from ‘Now, Voyager,’ ‘Gone with the Wind’ and ‘Casablanca.’
On this episode of Friday Favorites, for May 12, 2023, with host Steve Staruch, Michael in Eagan requests ‘Amazing Grace’ played by Lara Downes. Daniel in Northfield hears his request for Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Also, Project DJ co-host Adeline Smidt talks about her love of traveling, languages and tutoring.
American violinist and music educator Aaron Dworkin saw a need to diversify classical music and made it his life’s work. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
In 2022, composers Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels brought a true story to the opera stage: the life of Omar Ibn Said, a Senegalese Muslim scholar who was enslaved and brought to the Carolinas. This week, it won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Brooklyn Rider violist Nicholas Cords discusses the themes and opportunities involved in the group’s latest album, ‘The Wanderer.’
The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival.
Explore the historical and cultural roots of Cinco de Mayo as we celebrate Mexican and Chicano heritage through music in the American Public Media special ‘Celebrating Cinco de Mayo,’ with host Ines Guanchez.
This week’s episode of Saturday Cinema, with host Lynne Warfel, features music to celebrate Mother’s Day from films such as Brave, The Sound of Music and Alien. Listen now!
Composer Edmond Dédé is a free Creole of color conductor and violinist from New Orleans. His music took him to Mexico, Algiers and France. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
A Jean-Philippe Rameau opera, left unfinished at time of his death and recently completed by a musicologist, gets its premiere 280 years later, with extravagant costumes.
