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Listen to in-studio interview with host Fred Child and musical performances by the Ancia Saxophone Quartet.

A rock star knows about classical music? Of course he does. Read about the day Ben Folds stopped by to co-host an hour of PT.

A popular feature of CMS Two performances is the Late Night Rose sessions - a series of shows above Lincoln Center in the intimate Rose Studio. PT was honored to host the most recent Late Night Rose event back in March. Come listen to an excerpt from that concert, plus interviews with the several performers including Ani Kavafian, Michael Brown and Gloria Chien.

Fred Child has been out for the last week, and he wanted to take a moment to update listeners on the reason for his absence; an important new development in his life.

Between 1830 and 1840, thousands of Native Americans were removed from their homes in the Southeast and forcibly relocated rural Oklahoma by the U.S. government. The long, brutal walk became known as the Trail of Tears. More than 175 years after the march, composer Michael Daugherty wanted to share the survivors' and descendants' stories.

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by pianist Jenny Chen.

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by tenor Jack Swanson and pianist Roderick Phipps-Kettlewell.

PT host Fred Child is joined in the studio by his friend and special co-host, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu. Tesfa has chosen a special playlist of his favorite Christmas performances, and he'll reveal the secret to singing the perfect version of Silent Night.

Listen to in-studio interviews with host Fred Child and exclusive musical performances by violinist Alexi Kenney and pianist Renana Gutman.

Frederic Chopin died in 1849, but what if he had been born in 1949? That question was the inspiration for Bruce Adolphe's new suite, 'Chopin Dreams.'