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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.

On the April 15, 2023, episode of ‘Saturday Cinema,’ host Lynne Warfel explores scores from movie musicals — including music from ‘The King and I,’ ‘Sound of Music,’ ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Showboat,’ ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ ‘Singin' in the Rain’ and ‘The Bandwagon.’ Listen now.

On Sunday night the curtain will fall on the longest-running show in Broadway history: Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega hit ran for more than 35 years. "I got the gig of a lifetime," says one cast member.

National Symphony Orchestra Music Director Gianandrea Noseda is reshaping the ensemble's sound with the help of 17th and 18th century instruments he purchased secretly.

The five-time Grammy winner has mounted two operas at the Metropolitan Opera, which until 2021 had never staged a work by a Black composer. Hear him discuss the future of opera with Lara Downes.

On this episode of Friday Favorites, for April 14, 2023, guest host Bill Morelock kicks off the weekend with a request for Franz von Suppe’s ‘Queen of Spades Overture.’ Also, Leann celebrates a new job with an overture by Richard Wagner, and Cole gets his request for Antonin Dvorak’s ‘New World Symphony.’

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, Eric Whitacre collaborates with British vocal ensemble Voces8 on his latest album, ‘Home.’