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Poetry and prose provide the inspiration for the music in this week’s Extra Eclectic, with host Steve Seel.

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, conductor Michael Repper leads the New York Youth Symphony in its debut album, ‘Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman.’

A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.

Six finalists competed in the competition in Fort Worth, Texas, including two from Russia and one from Ukraine. An 18-year-old South Korean was the youngest to win in the contest's 60-year history.

Giddens' Freedom Highway is an exploration of African American experiences, accompanied by an instrument with its own uniquely African American story: the banjo. Originally broadcast May 11, 2017.

Georgetown University owes its survival to slavery. A new album by Carlos Simon, an assistant professor at the school, unflinchingly confronts that legacy.

Superheroes and their flicks. Super, Bat and Spider Men. Women of Wonder, and more!

“Witness” is the annual VocalEssence concert celebrating the Black experience in classical music. This year’s program was especially joyful with the addition of special guests The Aeolians, a student choir from Oakwood University. These two ensembles will inspire you to stand up and cheer, whether they’re singing Bach, spirituals or modern masterpieces. Listen to the concert now.

The Sphinx Virtuosi are joined by Border CrosSing in a program that sets out to challenge the classical canon by illuminating a new pathway for listening, sharing and fostering artistic expression with works by Alberto Ginastera, Jessie Montgomery and more. Listen to the concert now.

A tribute to the composer, who died last month at 80.