Get Your Bach on at the Bach Store Before It Closes Today!
Friday, December 07, 2018
Hurry on over to the Southeast corner of Broadway and 56th Street for the grand finale of Evan Shinners's The Bach Store.
Review: Confetti Showers on The Met’s New ‘Traviata’ — and Deservedly So
Wednesday, December 05, 2018
Is this the start of a great new era at the Met Opera?
New York’s Most Memorable Concerts of 2018
Sunday, December 02, 2018
WQXR's David Patrick Stearns rounds up the most memorable concerts of 2018.
WQXR’s Best in Studio 2018: Orchestra of St. Luke’s Musicians Play a Brahms Trio
Saturday, December 01, 2018
Members of the renowned ensemble play a Brahms piece written as a tribute to the composer’s mother.
WQXR’s Best in Studio 2018: Leah Crocetto Sings from the Songbook
Saturday, December 01, 2018
When the soprano dropped by WQXR, she demonstrated how she embraces programmatic freedom by closing with “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man.”
WQXR's Best in Studio 2018: Nicholas Phan Sings Dolly Parton
Friday, November 30, 2018
Phan did a great job handling the Dowland and Purcell … but then his set took a cool 20th-century turn.
The Best Classical Albums of 2018
Thursday, November 29, 2018
With 2018 coming to a close, here's our roundup of the year's best classical releases.
Must-See Classical Concerts This December
Thursday, November 29, 2018
There's a lot happening around New York this December. Here's what to see.
Essential Christmas Recordings
Monday, November 26, 2018
'Tis the season to listen to nothing but the best of Christmas music.
A Classical Thanksgiving Day Parade
Thursday, November 22, 2018
Make WQXR the soundtrack for your Thanksgiving! We'll have the giant composers of classical music parading through your radio all day long — Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and more.
Paradise Man Saves His Home from California’s Camp Fire — with Beethoven for Company.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Armed with nothing but a garden hose and Beethoven’s “Appassionata” sonata blasting through his headphones, Bill Roth battled the Camp Fire for 10 hours.
10 More Pieces to Start Up Your Thanksgiving Day Playlist
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
We’ll be playing our most seasonally appropriate music all day on Thanksgiving. Can’t join us? No need to worry — here are selections that will replicate the experience wherever you are.
2018 WQXR Holiday Gift Guide
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Holiday season is upon us. Which also means... gift-giving season is upon us! And if you've got a classical music-lover in your life, we've got some suggestions to keep you covered.
Our Favorite Words of Wisdom by Joyce DiDonato
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Our favorite words of wisdom from Joyce DiDonato.
Listen: The Carnegie Hall Lullaby Project
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Carnegie Hall is a legendary venue, but artists that have shone on its stage have brought music to expectant mothers in hospital's and homeless shelters throughout New York.
A Century After the Great War, Yo-Yo Ma Plays German Music at Paris’s l’Arc de Triomphe
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
During a ceremony to mark the centennial of World War I’s end, Yo-Yo Ma performed part of a Bach Cello Suite in remembrance.
For National Dog Day, Here’s Anthony Roth Costanzo Singing for Tilda Swinton’s Dogs
Monday, November 12, 2018
Yes, you read that correctly. Not much to explain here.
Synchronized Symphony: Beethoven’s Fifth
Thursday, November 08, 2018
YouTuber DoodleChaos has returned with another Line Rider track — this one synchronized to parts of the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.
Gifaanisqatsi Is the Remarkable Gif Event of 2018
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Randomized gifs paired with Philip Glass’s Koyaanisqatsi score create a whole new experience.
This Piano-Playing Pomeranian Is So Happy, You Will Be Too
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
This dog was happy to play along at the piano.
