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Read Does Classical Music Have A Transgender Problem?
February 4, 2013 – A moving essay in the New York Times by pianist Sara Davis Buechner poses many questions.
Watch Cantus: Tiny Desk Concert
February 4, 2013 – The a cappella ensemble sings widely divergent songs from American, European and Sufi traditions.
Listen From A Land Where Music Was Banned — To Carnegie Hall
February 3, 2013 – Young Afghans will be performing at some of the most prestigious venues in the U.S.
Watch Treasures In The Attic: Finding A Jazz Master's Lost Orchestral Music
February 2, 2013 – Conductor Marin Alsop retraces her steps in uncovering symphonic work of James P. Johnson.
Listen Carnegie Hall Live: Daniel Barenboim Leads The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra WQXR
February 1, 2013 – The orchestra drawn from across the Middle East play Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 2 and 9. WQXR
Read I'm OK, You're Slightly Flat
February 1, 2013 – Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.
Read Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week
February 1, 2013 – The FAA changes its tune re instruments on planes and the passing of innovator Butch Morris.
Watch A Little Part Of Poulenc In All Of Us
January 30, 2013 – Recalling the brilliant contradictions in the French composer on the 50th anniversary of his death.
Watch Daniel Barenboim And Members Of The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra WQXR
January 29, 2013 – NPR Music and WQXR host an intimate evening that spans great Western and Middle Eastern music. WQXR
Watch Meet The Musical Mendelssohns: Felix And Fanny
January 28, 2013 – String quartets by the siblings are featured in a new album by the venturesome Ebène Quartet.
Listen Petra Haden Covers Classic Film Scores With A Single Voice
January 26, 2013 – Haden's new album, Petra Goes to the Movies, recasts movie scores in an a cappella setting.
Watch The Ebene Quartet Powers Through Mendelssohn
January 25, 2013 – Watch one of today's top string quartets delve deep at a Brooklyn bookstore.
Watch New Opera Gets Benefit Of The 'Doubt'
January 25, 2013 – After a Pulitzer, a Tony and several Oscar nods, Doubt returns to the stage, this time as an opera.
Listen Honoring 'Our Will To Live': The Lost Music Of The Holocaust
January 25, 2013 – An Italian musicologist is resurrecting works written in World War II camps.
Listen Miloš Karadaglić On 'Song Travels'
January 25, 2013 – The guitarist plays the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos and Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla.