Favorites

We asked, you voted. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, starting at 10 a.m. Central, listen to the Favorites Stream as we count down the top 20 favorite symphonies, as voted by you.

Composing classical music: it's a living...if you're lucky. Throughout music history, composers have had to take other jobs to make ends meet, particularly at the beginnings of their careers. Take a look at what some of these famous names have had to do for money.

A video supercut reveals just how many movies tend to fall back on the same few classical compositions. Why don't filmmakers use a wider variety of pieces?

This week, we're launching the new Favorites Stream on YourClassical. This channel features perennial pleasers from the world of classical music. To help celebrate the launch of this new service, let us know your favorite symphonies and we'll count them down on Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Ludwig van Beethoven's music and life story are deeply woven into China's cultural, social and political fabric, inspiring revolution and providing comfort.

Writing a score for a movie about sports competition is a challenge, but several great composers have risen to the occasion. Here are five scores that explore the highs and lows surrounding both fictional and nonfictional sports meets.

Lasers and lava and mummies, oh my! Here are the exhibits that kids and their grown-ups love the most from 10 of the nation's best children's museums.

After playing over a thousand weddings, composer Bob Mitchell decided couples needed some new music to marry to.

We're concluding our Voices of Spring programming on Friday, April 29, by counting down the top 25 favorite choral pieces, as voted by you. Listen 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and follow the countdown online.

Each week, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu and Julie Amacher share a choral music story from around the country. This week, they share a segment about the nation's Top 25 choral pieces.