From the World of Classical Music
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Olivier Latry is Notre Dame Cathedral's longest-serving organist. Just days before the church's gala reopening, after the destructive fire in 2019, he talks about the refurbished instrument — it holds 8,000 pipes — and its role in the church. -
The Grammy winner and former Late Show bandleader unravels the crisscrossing threads of musical lineage from Beethoven's own personal blues to the musical art form that undergirds Batiste's Louisiana roots.
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You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride. -
Composer Laura Kaminsky's intimate new opera, Lucidity, centers on an aging opera singer, portrayed by the 80-year-old soprano Lucy Shelton, dealing with the effects of memory loss. -
The youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition makes our trusty upright piano sound like a 9-foot grand in music by Liszt and Tchaikovsky.
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NPR's A Martínez speaks with Dutch brothers Lucas and Arthur Jussen about their new EP, Rêve, featuring piano duets by lesser-known composers influenced by — or rejecting — French Impressionism. -
Riley's pioneering piece, which premiered 60 years ago, leaves many decisions up to the performers. It helped launch the movement known as minimalism, but In C itself has also survived and changed. -
A nearly 200-year-old music manuscript by composer Frédéric Chopin was recently unearthed at a museum in New York.
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Whether she’s singing in the world’s great opera houses, the White House or in prisons, the celebrated mezzo-soprano and U.S. Global Music Ambassador understands how music can move people.
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To mark the 150th anniversary of the maverick American composer’s birth, pianist Jeremy Denk releases an Ives tribute album that educates, delights and confounds.
Enjoy a few special holiday broadcasts on WMRA & WEMC, from Saturday December 21 through Thursday December 26.
An hour of classical music, featuring live performances from local organizations around our listening area, every Sunday and Tuesday at 7pm, and Thursday at 1pm.
Bob's Record Shelf presents a wide range of composers for the classical music lover, every Monday evening on WEMC from 7 pm to 10 pm.
Heifetz On Air presents captivating performances by Heifetz International Music Institute students, alums, and faculty, every Tuesday at 1pm and Friday at 7pm.
Sing It! is a mostly contemplative, mostly unaccompanied choral music program. Each week, host Kimberlea Daggy chooses from the treasure trove of choral music that spans the centuries, from pieces created a millennium ago to works written today. Hear music that soothes the soul and feeds the spirit.