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On the March 15 episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ guest host Melissa Ousley fills in for Steve Staruch as she plays listeners’ requests for their favorite classical music, including the overture from ‘The Marriage of Figaro,’ Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1, and more. Listen now!
Celebrate Women’s History Month with a special edition of ‘Extra Eclectic,’ curated by YourClassical fellow and cellist Audrey Q. Snyder. She has programmed selections that push the genre, with pieces by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Chen Yi and more.
Join host Inés Guanchez as we explore the music and lives of select women composers and performers from Latin America who have reshaped music history and continue to do so to this day in ‘La Mujer en la Música: How Latin American Women Have Shaped Classical Music.’
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ the Neave Trio explores the music of Lili Boulanger, Cécile Chaminade, Germaine Tailleferre and Ethel Smyth on the new album ‘A Room of Her Own.’ Find out more!
Popular singer Eric Carmen scored with hits such as “All by Myself” and “Never Gonna Fall in Love Again.” But his death this past weekend at 74 prompts a retelling of how he once got into trouble for borrowing their melodies from the great Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Join host Lynne Warfel to celebrate Oscars weekend on ‘Saturday Cinema’! The latest episode features winners for best score and best song from recent decades. Listen now!
‘Extra Eclectic’ guest host Ward Jacobson kicks off Women’s History Month with a program by all female composers, including music from Missy Mazzoli’s 2012 one act opera, ‘Song From the Uproar,’ which tells the story of writer and traveler Isabelle Eberhardt. Listen now!
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ conductor James Blachly leads the Experiential Orchestra alongside violinist Curtis Stewart in the world premiere recording of Julia Perry’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra on their new album, ‘American Counterpoints.’ Find out more!
It’s Oscars galore on ‘Saturday Cinema’! Join host Lynne Warfel for a potpourri of winners for best score and best song since 1938. Listen now!
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Max Raabe of the Palast Orchester, which keeps pre-World War II German jazz alive for modern audiences.
