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This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ join host Lynne Warfel for a show dedicated to horses in films. Selections include music from ‘Black Beauty,’ ‘Seabiscuit,’ ‘The Mask of Zorro’ and more. Listen now!
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This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ join host Lynne Warfel for a show dedicated to horses in films. Selections include music from ‘Black Beauty,’ ‘Seabiscuit,’ ‘The Mask of Zorro’ and more. Listen now!
Steve Staruch is joined by Tom Crann on the latest episode of ‘Friday Favorites,’ playing listeners’ requests for their favorite classical music. Listen now!
The Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie died Thursday at 96.
Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis redefined the genre in subtle and caustic ways. While he had great success he was always restless for innovation. Find out more in the latest episode of the 'Rhapsody in Black' podcast.
This week’s episode of ‘Extra Eclectic’ is a musical garden, with contemporary classical works about flowers, rain, and sun. Steve Seel plays us Yoko Kanno’s ‘Flowers Will Bloom,’ Takashi Yoshimatsu’s piano concerto ‘Memo Flora,’ Terry Riley’s ‘Sun Rings,’ Caroline Shaw’s ‘Let the Soil Play its Simple Part’ and much more. Listen now!
On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,’ trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis talks about his ‘Blues Symphony,’ which was featured on the latest recording by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!
A British music education organization reports that use of recorders are declining in the classroom. We wonder: Why were they there to start with? And why is "Hot Cross Buns" such a banger?
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with music artist Kevin Olusola about his new album, "Dawn Of A Misfit," and his love for mixing it up with classical music.
This week on ‘Saturday Cinema,’ join host Lynne Warfel for a celebration of movie moms and mother figures. Selections include music from ‘Steel Magnolias,’ ‘Little Women,’ ‘The Sound of Music’ and more. Listen now!
John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.