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Guest host Steve Seel fills in for Steve Staruch on the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ playing listeners’ requests for their favorite classical music. Listen now!

Violinist and composer George Bridgetower was good friends with Ludwig Van Beethoven. So much so that Beethoven wrote a violin sonata just for him. Find out more in the latest episode of the ‘Rhapsody in Black’ podcast.

Julius Eastman’s Symphony No. 2 (‘The Faithful Friend: The Lover Friend’s Loe for the Beloved’) is this week’s ‘Extra Eclectic’ highlight from the 2024 BBC Proms Festival and it kicks off an hour of works by African-American composers from the 20th and 21st centuries. Listen now with host Steve Seel!

On this week’s episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason explores the music of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn. In particular, she talks about Fanny’s ‘Easter Sonata,’ which was for many years thought to have been composed by her brother. Listen now!

Puerto Rico’s unstable electric grid affects every sector of society, including the island’s rich cultural scene. An outage abruptly ended an emerging pianist’s recent concert, touching a nerve.

This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel features music from films about teaching, schools and more, including ‘Dead Poets’ Society,’ ‘Spider-Man,’ and ‘Inside Out.’ Listen now!

DePrince, born in Sierra Leone, lost both her parents during the country’s civil war. She became the youngest principal dancer at the Dance Theatre of Harlem and later joined the Boston Ballet.

The Project DJ co-host for this week’s Friday Favorites is Julian Westerlund. A psychology graduate of Bethel University, he also is a violinist, performing with the St. Paul Civic Symphony and the Kenwood Orchestra. Listen now with host Steve Staruch!

Classical music is a hit in Arkansas, where the symphony orchestra will have a new $12 million home. The Stella Boyle Smith Music Center is the symphony’s first permanent home in its 58-year history.

On this edition of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ we hear highlights from a concert at the 2024 BBC Proms celebrating creative cinematic sounds, including music by Son Lux from ‘Everything, Everywhere, All at Once,’ Bryce Dessner from ‘Sing Sing’ and more. Listen now with host Steve Seel!