Classical MusicClassical Music Playlist, July 15, 2024Leonard Bernstein premiered his Chichester Psalms on July 15th, 1965. Composed on a commission from the Chichester Cathedral in England, the work is an uplifting prayer for peace with texts of Psalms sung in Hebrew. It's today's Midday Masterpiece.
Jaap van Zweden Named New Music Director Of The New York PhilharmonicJanuary 27, 2016Today, the New York Philharmonic appointed the 55-year-old Dutch conductor as their next music director. Does this mark a new artistic direction for the vaunted orchestra?
A Young Afghan Pianist Plays For His Country's FutureJanuary 27, 2016"I want to show the new face of Afghanistan," says 18-year-old Elham Fanoos, now studying piano at Hunter College in New York.
Bassoonist Takes Center Stage With Stockton SymphonyJanuary 21, 2016As a member of the Stockton Symphony, bassoonist Nicolasa Kuster usually sits toward the back with her fellow woodwind players. But this weekend, she moves to center stage as a soloist to perform Peter Schikele's Bassoon Concerto.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Brings Vienna To Carnegie HallJanuary 15, 2016With a Strauss waltz, a cheeky take on Strauss and a Beethoven concerto, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin conjures the sound of old Vienna, once the musical capital of Europe.
French Composer Pierre Boulez Dies At 90January 7, 2016The composer and conductor changed the way we hear music, not only through his own compositions but in the concerts he conducted. He died Tuesday at the age of 90.
EclecticA Year Of In-Studio Performances - 2015December 31, 2015 | Melody StoneEvery year dozens of musicians come through Insight and CapRadio Music. This is a collection of the most compelling performance videos shot at CapRadio in 2015 - presented in an interactive graphic.
Startup Aims To Give Classical Musicians An Online BumpDecember 29, 2015For classical musicians, it's difficult to sell their work online because of how the music is tagged on apps like Spotify. A tech startup in Nashville is trying to change that.
A New Music Journey From The U.S. To HavanaDecember 14, 2015A misunderstanding morphed into an exciting idea: Take 10 American composers to Cuba. Hear their Havana concert.
Snowflakes and Troubled Hearts: A New Holiday Song By Nico MuhlyDecember 11, 2015Hear a deceptive take on the winter blues by way of a versatile choir, a young New York composer and a 150-year-old poem by Longfellow.
'We Use Music To Understand Where We Are': David Lang On The Music Of 'Youth'December 7, 2015David Lang was tasked with writing music for Michael Caine's character, an elderly composer who gets abruptly called out of retirement.