Robert Siegel is retiring from NPR after 40 years. Over his tenure, he's interviewed many classical musicians. Stephen Voss/NPR hide caption
Gil Shaham
Star violinist Gil Shaham, whose newest recording project surveys the wildly different violin concertos of the 1930s. Luke Ratray/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Soprano Ailyn Perez and tenor Stephen Costello met in music school. Now married, the couple sings together around the world — as in Gounod's Romeo and Juliet at Opera Philadelphia in 2001. Kelly & Massa Photography/Opera Philadelphia hide caption
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Knoxville: Summer of 1915, for high voice & orchestra (rev. for voice & chamber orchestra), Op. 24
Gil Shaham Field Recording at Hirshhorn Museum Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption