Jeff Spurgeon appears in the following:
In-Studio: Alina Ibragimova Performs Bach and Ysaÿe
Monday, August 17, 2015
Left-Handedness Leaves its Fingerprints All Over Classical Music
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Berlin Philharmonic Names Kirill Petrenko as Chief Conductor
Monday, June 22, 2015
Love and Death, Wagner-Style: 'Tristan und Isolde' at 150
Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Ethan Hawke: Live Concerts Are the Savior for Classical Music
Friday, March 13, 2015
For Ian Bostridge, Schubert's Winterreise Conjures Politics, Sex and Bob Dylan
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries': The Sound of NYC Before a Blizzard
Monday, January 26, 2015
Karl Jenkins: From Choral Classics to Classic Commercials
Friday, January 16, 2015
Replay: Why People Listen to the Same Music Over and Over
Thursday, September 18, 2014
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Plays Wagner
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Musicians from the Middle East Unite through Music
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
3-Minute Opera: Strauss's 'Salome'
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
3-Minute Opera: Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
A Kiss for 'QXR
Thursday, April 10, 2014
It’s quite a surprise, seeing these faces on the WQXR website, isn’t it? But it’s no accident, although our connection is to only one of the members of the rock band KISS.
Concert to Recreate Rhapsody in Blue Premiere on its 90th Anniversary
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Ninety years to the day after its world premiere, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, along with the rest of the works on that 1924 concert, are being performed Wednesday at Town Hall.
My Favorite Christmas Carol (This Year)
Thursday, December 19, 2013
It usually happens around Thanksgiving. Some Christmas tune starts running around in my head and just doesn’t let go. Host Jeff Spurgeon tells us why Britten is on his mind.
Benjamin Zander, Maestro Who Works to Motivate
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Benjamin Zander is known for being many things: a late-blooming conductor, a motivational speaker, an educator and Mahler specialist. What he’s not known for is shyness before a microphone.
Gardiner: J.S. Bach Was a Hooligan in his Youth
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Placido Domingo Calls Otello His All-Time Favorite Verdi Role
Tuesday, October 08, 2013
In an interview with WQXR's Jeff Spurgeon, Domingo called Otello his favorite Verdi role of all time. Listen and find out why.
Long Delayed, Kenneth Branagh's 'The Magic Flute' Arrives in the US
Wednesday, June 05, 2013
When Sir Kenneth Branagh decided to adopt Mozart's opera The Magic Flute for film in 2006, an unlikely setting came to mind: the trenches of World War I.
