Classical archive
Listen Verdi's 'La Forza,' Born Under A Bad Sign
November 10, 2012 – The opera flopped on its first run, and carries the stigma of cursing those who perform it.
Listen A Veteran's Standing Ovation, 70 Years In The Making
November 10, 2012 – This week, Harold Van Heuvelen finally saw the debut of a symphony he wrote during World War II.
Listen John Williams' Inevitable Themes
November 10, 2012 – Perhaps the world's most recognized contemporary composer, Williams calls retiring "unthinkable."
Read Young Nate Silver Picks A Career
November 9, 2012 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
November 9, 2012 – Lamenting Carter's death, trouble in Spokane and another award for Dudamel: what you need to read.
Read 'A Late Quartet': Melodrama With A Pounding Musical Heart
November 8, 2012 – Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener try to make beautiful music.
Watch Always A Rose: Elliott Carter Remembered
November 7, 2012 – Carter's vital new ideas changed 20th-century music. The composer died Monday at 103.
Listen Belcea Quartet Plays Beethoven At Carnegie Hall WQXR
November 7, 2012 – The acclaimed Quartet performs two of Beethoven's grand and enigmatic final string quartets. WQXR
Watch Elliott Carter, Giant Of American Music, Dies At 103
November 6, 2012 – The composer, who won two Pulitzers for his adventurous music, died in New York.
Read Young Cellist With An Old Soul Plays Elgar, Elliott Carter
November 6, 2012 – Hear an excerpt from an excellent album of cellist Alisa Weilerstein playing music classic and new.
Listen Pianist Gabriela Montero's Election Improv
November 5, 2012 – In concert, hear the pianist make up a tune on the spot featuring the two presidential candidates.
Watch Requiem For Sandy: What Music Gets You Through?
November 5, 2012 – In the midst of crisis, music can mitigate the pain. Tell us what you're listening to, post-Sandy.
Listen Storm Scores: Finding Poignant Reminders In Water-Damaged Music
November 3, 2012 – A conductor considers scores in her personal library that were struck by Hurricane Sandy.
Read Exercise Your 'Rite' To Vote
November 2, 2012 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
November 2, 2012 – Sandy's effect on classical musicians, creating a Cloud Atlas masterpiece and a Glyndebourne death.