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On her new album, Dark with Excessive Bright, the vibrant, young composer coaxes unusual sounds from a symphony orchestra.

On this episode of Friday Favorites, for Mar. 3, 2023, host Steve Staruch plays Antonio Vivaldi’s ‘Spring,’ talks about a mysterious work by Kurt Atterberg and is joined by Project DJ co-host Ally Thompson.

The composer and saxophonist, who died in March 2023, won a dozen Grammy Awards and recorded with everyone from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell.

Artists in New Orleans and Cuba are exploring their shared heritage and similar sounds, and bringing high school musicians from both places together in a funky cultural exchange.

An African American musical group in Michigan that's been singing spirituals since the Civil Rights era is about to give its final concert.

Cate Blanchett plays a charismatic conductor who uses her power to take sexual advantage of young women she's mentoring. Both Blanchett and Tár director Todd Field have been nominated for Oscars.

YourClassical presents music from diverse sources 24/7, year-round. For Women’s History Month, in addition to this regular programming, we’re paying tribute to the essential music of great women composers and performers with the exceptional content listed and linked below. Come celebrate with us throughout March!

During this Women's History month, we celebrate the various women composers that have forged a path in classical music for themselves and those after them with ‘Homeward Sound,’ featuring Julie Amacher, Gabi Glass and conversations with composers Libby Larsen and Gabriela Lena Frank.

In this week’s New Classical Tracks, classical guitarist Christopher Mallett honors and celebrates the Black pioneer of American classical guitar music in his latest album, ‘Justin Holland: Guitar Works and Arrangements.’

Composer Volker Bertelmann explains why he wanted to "destroy the film" with his score, how he used a centuries-old instrument for the cause and what it meant as a German to dive deep into this story.