Classical Concerts
Listen Chamber Music In The Greene Space: ETHEL WQXR
April 5, 2011 – Hear the experimental string quartet forge surprising musical connections. WQXR
Listen Chamber Music In The Greene Space: Ensemble ACJW WQXR
April 4, 2011 – Members of the group play Steampunk, a new piece composed for them by David Bruce. WQXR
Listen Chamber Music In The Greene Space: The Ebene Quartet WQXR
April 4, 2011 – The versatile string quartet plays a mix of music by Debussy, Miles Davis and Astor Piazzolla. WQXR
Watch Los Angeles Philharmonic On Tour In London APM
January 28, 2011 – Hear Gustavo Dudamel conduct Beethoven, Bernstein and Adams on tour at London's Barbican Centre. APM
Listen The Nashville Symphony In Concert APM
January 6, 2011 – Celebrate the orchestra's return to its concert hall with music by Beethoven and Mozart. APM
Read The Best New York Alt-Classical Concerts Of 2010 WQXR
December 29, 2010 – Hear five full concerts from New York's most ambitious and versatile "new music" practitioners. WQXR
Listen Reversal of Fortune: Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin' WDAV
December 3, 2010 – Tchaikovsky felt Eugene Onegin so deeply that it led him to an ill-fated marriage — and an opera. WDAV
Listen Semi-Historical Drama: Handel's 'Tamerlano' WDAV
November 26, 2010 – Placido Domingo takes on a dramatic death scene as Bajazet in Handel's taut drama, Tamerlano. WDAV
Listen A Mother's Desperate Act: 'Margaret Garner'
November 19, 2010 – Margaret Garner killed her daughter rather than let her return to slavery. Hear the entire opera.
Read White Light Festival's 'Credo' Concert Webcast Live Monday, Nov. 15 At 7:30 P.M., EST Q2
Deceptive Cadence
White Light Festival's 'Credo' Concert Webcast Live Monday, Nov. 15 At 7:30 P.M., EST
November 15, 2010 – Hear an eclectic line-up of classical and popular musicians collaborate in concert in New York. Q2
Listen Tilting at Windmills: Massenet's 'Don Quichotte' WDAV
November 12, 2010 – Massenet's Don Quichotte is one of several operas based on Miguel Cervantes' 17th-century novel. WDAV
Listen Co-Starring with 'Carmen': Bizet's 'The Pearl Fishers' WDAV
November 5, 2010 – The Pearl Fishers shows that there's more to Georges Bizet's music than 'Carmen'. WDAV
Listen Recycled Brilliance: Rossini's 'Sigismondo' WDAV
October 29, 2010 – Modern audiences embrace this rarely-performed opera, even though Rossini reuses earlier tunes. WDAV
Watch Stile Antico: Tiny Desk Concert
October 25, 2010 – The 12-person ensemble performs from the NPR Music offices.
Watch Unparalleled Dysfunction: Strauss' 'Elektra'
October 22, 2010 – Strauss's sumptuous one-act opera tells the lurid story of a young woman and her homicidal family.