Classical%20Concerts
Listen Gardiner Leads Beethoven's Missa Solemnis WQXR
November 17, 2012 – The celebrated English conductor leads a performance of one of Beethoven's most expansive works. WQXR
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
Read The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performs 'Carmina Burana' WQXR
October 3, 2012 – Hear Riccardo Muti leading composer Carl Orff's lusty masterpiece. WQXR
Listen Gustavo Dudamel Conducts 'The Rite Of Spring' In Concert KUSC
October 1, 2012 – Hear Stravinsky's iconic Rite Of Spring and a world premiere conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. KUSC
Listen Efterklang With Wordless Music Orchestra, Live In Concert Q2
September 28, 2012 – The Danish art-rock trio and Wordless Music Orchestra premiere a stunning performance of Piramida. Q2
Watch ACME In Concert: Steve Reich's Complete String Quartets Q2
September 11, 2012 – The contemporary music dynamos traversed landmark works at New York's (Le) Poisson Rouge. Q2
Listen The Boston Symphony Orchestra At Tanglewood WGBH
July 7, 2012 – The orchestra marked 75 years at its summer home with an all-Beethoven program. WGBH
Read Carnegie Hall Live: Lang Lang Plays Bach, Schubert And Chopin WQXR
May 29, 2012 – The most famous classical pianist in the world gives a recital of introspective solo works. WQXR
Read Nashville Symphony Goes Electric, Eclectic WQXR
May 12, 2012 – A wonderfully weird Carnegie Hall program features Terry Riley's new concerto for electric violin. WQXR
Watch Danielle De Niese In Concert
May 3, 2012 – Watch an intense performance by a soprano who mixes rock glam with operatic elegance.
Read Carnegie Hall Live: Pavel Haas Quartet WQXR
April 27, 2012 – Hear the group the Times of London has called "the world's most exciting string quartet." WQXR
Listen Hear The Opera That Just Won The Pulitzer MPR
April 23, 2012 – Silent Night, by Kevin Puts, recounts a surprise cease-fire in World War I. Hear the entire opera. MPR
Listen Beethoven's String Quartet Of Transcendence
April 6, 2012 – The Emerson Quartet plays Beethoven's most soulful string quartet at the Savannah Music Festival.
Listen Daniel Hope: A Renaissance Man In Savannah
April 5, 2012 – The violinist, author and festival producer plays in a concert of French chamber music.
Listen Milos Karadaglic And The Power Of A Dusty Old Guitar
April 4, 2012 – When he first held his father's old guitar, Milos Karadaglic knew he'd chosen the right instrument.