The Kennedy Center's profile has already shifted. If the shutdown is approved by a federal judge, its primary stages will not ...

This is FRESH AIR. FRESH AIR's classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz has often spoke about the American mezzo soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson who died 20 years ago at 52. A new release of a remastered ...

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Bridgers' third solo album is her account of a time in which she retreated from the public eye, reeling from the effects of ...

Pianist Jon Batiste has been busy. He's offering three new albums at once: one tribute to Mozart and two tributes to ...

Conductor Ben Palmer leads the Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus in this Handel anthem for Classic FM Live with Viking. Beloved by choral connoisseurs and football fans alike, 'Zadok the ...

Light in the Attic is reissuing Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat by Charanjit Singh, a foundational album for the genre of acid house.

Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.

The Illharmonic Orchestra blends hip-hop and classical music during live performances. Its leaders tell NPR's Juana Summers how they build community with their shows, which feature all-Black musicians ...

Kaleb Cabell, Andrea Coln McNeill and Jeffrey McNeill perform as part of The Illharmonic Orchestra at NPR's Washington headquarters. Vocalist and composer Jeffrey McNeill says it was back in 1987, ...