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.
Portland Cello Project Showcases The Cello's Range And Elliott Smith's SongwritingJanuary 15, 2015 | Melody StoneFrom Bach to Kanye and back again, The Portland Cello project strives to make classical music accessible and fun.
Marian Anderson's Groundbreaking Met Opera MomentJanuary 9, 2015Sixty years ago, opera singer Marian Anderson made her long overdue debut at New York's Metropolitan Opera. She was its first African-American soloist.
Classical TED Talk: The Transformative Power Of Classical MusicJanuary 7, 2015The conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, guides an audience through the discovery and appreciation of classical music. We dare you not to be moved.
Bookspan: Arabian Nights, Zoological Fun And A Well “Organized” SymphonyJanuary 2, 2015 | Kent TeetersThe January 2015 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features Rimsky-Korsakov’s work based on Scheherazade’s stories from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
Steinway Bids Farewell To Its Historic HallDecember 30, 2014The resplendent New York piano showroom is shutting down to make way for luxury condos. But that doesn't mean the company is going anywhere.
Dessa: Something Old And Something New, Suitable For ChoirDecember 24, 2014Watch the singer and rapper perform "Skeleton Key" and "The Good Fight" with the VocalEssence choir.
Top Five Classical CDs From 2014 Selected From Classical Sound AdviceDecember 23, 2014 | Kent TeetersKent Teeters looked over his sound advice selections from 2014 and made this list of the very best of Classical Music this year.
A Bicentennial For Boston's Handel And Haydn SocietyDecember 22, 2014The group gave the first U.S. performance of Handel's Messiah, and still plays it today. Yet the ensemble has constantly evolved.
Holiday Music Fills State Capitol RotundaDecember 16, 2014 | Bob MoffittCarolers and choral groups are filling the California State Capitol with holiday music this year.
In The Italian Alps, Stradivari's Trees Live OnDecember 8, 2014Antonio Stradivari, the master violin maker whose instruments sell for millions of dollars today, has been dead for nearly three centuries. But the forest where the luthier got his lumber is alive and well.