Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera fills long awaited Principal Conductor roleThe 2023-24 season continues with a new leader at the baton, and one that is no stranger to Sacramento. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Women in Music: Jessica BejaranoApril 3, 2024 | Jennifer ReasonJennifer Reason continues the celebration of Women’s History Month with a Bay Area conductor who is breaking down barriers in the classical world with an orchestra founded on the idea of inclusivity.
Women in Music: Starr ParodiMarch 12, 2024 | Jennifer ReasonCapRadio's Jennifer Reason kicks off Women’s History Month with a multi-faceted California native; one who is changing the game for composing and producing in the film world.
Sacramento’s ‘Music At Noon’ concert series to celebrate thousandth performance in MayFebruary 20, 2024 | Jennifer ReasonThe series was started in 2002 by Brad Slocum, an organist at Westminster Presbyterian Church, and has solidified itself as an institution in the musical culture of Sacramento.
'Maestro' chronicles the brilliant Bernstein — and his disorderly conductNovember 22, 2023Actors Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan give warm, deeply sympathetic performances as wide-ranging musician Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn, in a biopic directed by Cooper.
Trebinje locals bring their appreciation to the Music and More SummerFestAugust 15, 2023 | Jennifer ReasonCapRadio’s Midday Classical Host and Pianist Jennifer Reason is touring the Dalmation Coast as part of the “Music & More SummerFest.” She writes to us from Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina about the city’s rich cultural heritage.
Remembering André Watts, the American pianist who opened doors of possibilityJuly 17, 2023The pianist, who died last week, was an inspiration to a generation of Black and brown pianists who followed in his pioneering footsteps.
Kaija Saariaho, the composer who explored color and light, has died at age 70June 5, 2023Saariaho, who battled a male-dominated educational system in her native Finland, forged a strong and singular voice in contemporary music.
Lara Downes: Tiny Desk ConcertApril 23, 2023With a piano draped in spring flowers, Lara Downes plays a smart set of music, new and old, that offers the power of renewal.
From Daft Punk to ballet: Thomas Bangalter makes full swing to classicalApril 7, 2023Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.