Erhu player Benjamin Lee, 16, from Byron, Minn., will appear this week on 'From the Top,' the hit NPR radio program featuring America's best young classical musicians. The show will air on Classical MPR at noon Sunday, Feb. 24.
Looking for new and recommended music this winter? Here are classical music experts' picks for must-hear recordings, from a Grammy-nominated disc to heavenly choral music to a selection for Black History Month.
What's your classical theme song for 2019? Do you rock to Bach? Mosey to Mozart? Bop to Beethoven? Find out which of 40 classical works should be your life's soundtrack in our new personality quiz!
Looking for new and recommended music this holiday season? Here are classical music experts' picks for must-hear recordings, from a stunning performance of Handel's 'Messiah' to a joyous Christmas celebration with Apollo's Fire.
Guitarist Roy Clark, who died Thursday at 85, was known far and wide as the banjo-pickin' ace of the country-music TV show 'Hee Haw.' But he was a master musician who also had impressive classical chops, too. Here's the proof.
Listen as Lynne Warfel hosts an hourlong special commemorating Armistice Day, the end of World War I. It includes music from and about the historic period spanning WWI through the signing of the armistice from both sides of the Atlantic.
Looking for new and recommended music? Here are classical music experts' picks for must-hear recordings, from the chilling 'Music for Joan the Mad' to the sobering 'Considering Matthew Shepard.' This month, we checked in with friends in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and California, as well as American Public Media.
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine plays a duet with the cutest partner ever: her 7-year-old daughter, Sylvia! Watch now as they perform a work by Gonzaga for Performance Today in our studios.
There are close to 100 CD recordings of 'The Planets,' and the website Peter's Planets exhaustively reviews and ranks them all. Find out why the site's purveyor is obsessed with the work and why he won't change his top pick no matter how controversial it is. Listen to 'The Planets' all weekend long on YourClassical Favorites for its 100th anniversary.
Looking for new and recommended music? Here are classical music experts' picks for this month's must-hear recordings, from Elgar to Beethoven, with some modern takes in between. This month, we checked in with friends in Minnesota, Ohio and New York, plus the host of 'Performance Today.'
