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‘Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!’ turns 20 this month. To mark the anniversary, Willems and Renee Fleming presented the pigeon's story in an opera at the Kennedy Center.

Gathering music, new and old, from around the world, the thoughtful pianist finds the core of humanity amid the chaos.

The Los Angeles Metro is using classical music on its light rail system to deter homeless people from congregating and sleeping in a downtown station.

On the April 22, 2023, episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel ventures outside of the American Film Institute’s lists of best scores to explore a collection from the Guardian, the New York Times, Variety and other polls of movie score favorites. Hear music from ‘Casablanca,’ the Harry Potter and James Bond films, and a lot more.

On this episode of Friday Favorites, for April 21, 2023, with host Steve Staruch, Eileen celebrates wrapping up Tax Day with a piece by Beethoven, Bill prepares for a spring performance as a member of the South Metro Chorale and Vicky hears a request for Hermann Baumann.

Hear an excerpt from the most fantastical and kaleidoscopic orchestral works of our time, ‘Dante,’ written by British composer Thomas Adès and inspired by the iconic masterpiece by Dante Alighieri, “The Divine Comedy.”

With a piano draped in spring flowers, Lara Downes plays a smart set of music, new and old, that offers the power of renewal.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. about starring in the 2022 movie Chevalier, which tells the forgotten story of Joseph Bologne, a Black composer and violinist of the 1700s.

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, pianists Deborah Moriarty and Zhihua Tang release four-hand piano music from around the world on their first album, ‘Connecting Cultures.’

Ahmad Jamal was a pianist, composer and bandleader. His influence and admirers spread far and wide in jazz. In 1994, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Fellowship.