Known early on for his avant-garde works, the composer's challenging music nevertheless found fans far beyond traditional classical music circles.
On Thursday, the former opera star was fired by the University of Michigan. It said it found a pattern of "harassing, abusive and exploitative" behavior. Daniels separately faces a charge in Texas.
On his new album, the rising pianist once called "Iceland's Glenn Gould" offers a dialogue between two radical French composers born nearly 200 years apart.
In a time of striving to keep ourselves and our environments pathogen-free, Our Daily Breather seeks guidance on the health of the psyche. Tom Huizenga has been turning to a calming piano performance.
The Philadelphia Orchestra has shuttered its doors in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin reflects on their final performance — streamed for people at home.
Pianist and composer Lambert performs evocative, cinematic instrumentals wearing a mask. He's also released dance remixes of his works and collaborated with bands, singers and electronic musicians.
Arts and cultural events and institutions across the country are announcing cancellations and closures, including SXSW in Austin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
The English composer's supernova hit continues to obscure his jaunty, folk inflected St. Paul's Suite .
Beethoven’s concertos enjoy the spotlight in this podcast from Raymond Bisha. It serves as a companion resource to the latest digital album in our series marking the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The technical and musical demands Beethoven makes of his concerto soloists shine centre-stage in this compilation of wonderful performances of movements from Read More ...
Raymond Bisha introduces Richard Danielpour’s oratorio The Passion of Yeshua, a 105-minute work for large chorus, six soloists and orchestra that takes the listener back to Jesus’ final day on earth, removing as much as possible the accretions of history since that moment in an attempt to provide a fuller understanding of the connection of Read More ...
Raymond Bisha presents an overview of works written by Beethoven during his middle years period. It’s a companion resource to the latest release in Naxos’ monthly digital album series featuring the music of Beethoven in this 250th anniversary year of his birth. February’s compilation album (9.30206) presents a programme of works written between 1802 and Read More ...
The guest host of this podcast is Ashley Jackson. She is an accomplished musician, who has studied the music of both Margaret Bonds and Florence Price, who composed and worked during the civil rights movement in the United States. In this podcast, Dr Jackson gives us both an historical and a personal perspective on how Read More ...
Raymond Bisha presents an overview of Beethoven’s nine symphonies as a companion resource to the first of Naxos’ monthly digital albums presenting the music of Beethoven in this 250th anniversary year of his birth. January’s compilation album (9.30209) spotlights the symphonic journey and stylistic progression from Beethoven’s Second Symphony to his Ninth Symphony, ‘Choral’. The Read More ...
Raymond Bisha introduces this new release from the Grand Piano label. It’s the opening volume in what is to be the first complete series of recordings of Nino Rota’s works for solo piano, performed by Eleanor Hodgkinson. Nino Rota embraced neo-Classical, neo-Romantic and even neo-Baroque affiliations. His music prized melodic directness and communicative generosity, so Read More ...
WQXR radio host Terrance McKnight introduces the world premiere recording of an oratorio by composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell. It’s a deeply moving tribute to the men and women of the Underground Railroad and to one heroic man in particular, railroad conductor William Still (1821-1902), a chronicler of the inspiring stories of its Read More ...
You’ll find it hard to resist joining in with the magical performances of popular Christmas repertoire on the latest release from the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and Chamber Orchestra. From eternal classics to cracking new carols, this is an irresistible seasonal spread presented in a tempting tasting menu by your host Raymond Bisha. View album details Read More ...
Raymond Bisha summons the seasonal spirit with a comprehensive 5-CD collection of music for Christmas on the Capriccio label. He makes his selection from the release’s one hundred classical Christmas titles, many featuring world-renowned choirs and orchestras from musical centres located throughout Europe, and notably Germany, including Dresden, Cologne, Vienna, Leipzig, Berlin and Regensburg. From Read More ...
This latest release in Naxos’ ongoing series The Music of Brazil features chamber works and concertos by Heitor Villa-Lobos, one of Brazil’s best known and most prolific composers. He wrote more than two thousand pieces and was a major figure in the development of classical music in Brazil. Raymond Bisha introduces a colourful programme that Read More ...
Listening Guide With Lew Smoley No. 7 Allegro Moderato Larghetto Allegro Marciale No. 8 Andante Quasi Adagio Allegro Moderato Allegro Vivace Lento, Tenuto E Maestoso
Listening Guide With Lew Smoley No. 4 1st movement 2nd movement 3rd movement No. 5 in b minor Allegro Energico Andante Allegro Assai No. 6 Andante Sostenuto, Ma Ritmico Molto Allegro Festoso
Listening Guide With Lew Smoley No. 1, c minor 1st movement 2nd movement 3rd movement No. 2 “Legendaire” Molto Allegro E Agitato Sostenuto Assai, Grave E Funebre Tempestoso, Ma Non Troppo Allegro (Quasi Toccata) No. 3 1st movement 2nd movement 3rd Movement
Listening Guide With Lew Smoley Delius In A Summer Garden Alfven A Boat With Flowers Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Seeds of Flowers: excerpts Rentree Summer Song Till The Roses Memories Entering The Summer Garden Gruenberg White Lilacs Lang Fleur Du Delice Bond Jasmine FLower (Moli Hua) Peng Xiu Wen Plum Blossom Melodyu Lam Fung Give Me A […]
Listening Guide With Lew Smoley Extremeum Judicium Part 1 Prelude Introitus And Kyrie Magna Dies Prope Est Dies Vindicate Dies Irae Victa A Superum Vi, Tacet Porcella Tuba Mirum In Pulverem Nunc Omnes Prostrati Rex Tremendae Assurgit Tandem Deus Recordare Procul A Domini, Sede, Procul A Coeli Clarissima Luce Confutatis Et Angelus Pacis Apparet Lacrymosa […]
With Lew Smoley
It's the weekend -- time for more dancing! This time, we will listen and move to music with legato, or smooth, articulation.
Listen to music inspired by all kinds of dreaming, featuring pieces by Amy Beach, Robert Schumann, Hector Berlioz and more.
As we celebrate Women's History Month, we're savoring the beers of St. Paul's Urban Growler, the first woman-owned microbrewery in Minnesota, with co-founders Deb Loch and Jill Pavlak. Add connections to the music of composers Amy Beach and Rachel Grimes, and you have this can't-miss episode of Hop Notes.
Listen to a melody, and notice all the ways a composer can change and vary that melody. Make your own theme and variations!
This week on the Daily Download, we're featuring Beethoven works in celebration of his 250th birthday! Get a free MP3 of Ludwig van Beethoven - Triple Concerto: III. Rondo all polacca. And don't forget to sign up for the Daily Download newsletter to get a bonus download of Tchaikovsky's '1812 Overture' - and so you never miss a free classical track!
On his new album, the rising pianist once called 'Iceland's Glenn Gould' offers a dialogue between two radical French composers born nearly 200 years apart.
Welcome to the Choral Stream Download, a handpicked, free, downloadable piece of choral music available every week for subscribers to the Choral Stream newsletter. This week, get a free MP3 of Gregorio Allegri - Miserere.