Classical archive
Watch Marches Madness: Sticking Together
March 11, 2013 – Drumline or mustache? You have your pick in a pair of performances of a charming Norwegian march.
Read First Listen: Simone Dinnerstein & Tift Merritt, 'Night'
March 10, 2013 – There's a solemn intimacy to these songs, and how they're delivered, that speaks one-on-one.
Watch Marches Madness: 'Carmen' And The Castaways
March 8, 2013 – A song for a Spanish toreador from French opera is a favorite of filmmakers — and the shipwrecked.
Read The Well-Limbered Clavier
March 8, 2013 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
Watch Marches Madness: Off With His Head!
March 7, 2013 – In Hector Berlioz's creepy symphonic fantasy, brass snarl and winds shriek like feral beasts.
Listen Britain's Brass Bands: A Working-Class Tradition On The Wane
March 6, 2013 – A matter of civic pride since the 19th century, the U.K.'s coal-town brass bands are dying out.
Listen Carnegie Hall Live: Golijov's 'St. Mark Passion' WQXR
March 6, 2013 – Hear one of the most vibrant pieces of 21st-century music: a new retelling of Jesus' last days. WQXR
Watch Marches Madness: Mourning Queen Mary II
March 6, 2013 – Henry Purcell's music for a royal funeral inspires composers more than 400 years later.
Listen Ensemble Matheus At Carnegie Hall WQXR
March 6, 2013 – Hear a top French chamber orchestra bring passionate life to works by Handel and Vivaldi. WQXR
Watch Marches Madness: Puppets And A Funeral
March 5, 2013 – Surprisingly jaunty music about the death of a puppet finds its way to Alfred Hitchcock's TV show.
Watch Memories Of Van Cliburn From Medalists
March 4, 2013 – Van Cliburn competition winners remember the great pianist, who died last month at age 78.
Watch Marches Madness: Marriage As Theater
March 4, 2013 – Forget basketball this month: there's greater drama at weddings, as Mendelssohn reminds us.
Listen At 100, Composer Margaret Bonds Remains A Great Exception
March 3, 2013 – The late Bonds is still one of few black female composers to gain recognition in the United States.
Watch Marches Madness: John Philip Sousa's 'Washington Post'
March 1, 2013 – We're kicking off a month of music that will make you want to kick up your heels.
Read Critical Miss
March 1, 2013 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.