Thursday, June 13, 2019, 2:40pm
Twenty-seven years ago this month, my dad passed away. He was around for just 51 years, less time than I’ve been on this Earth, which seems strange to me. At his funeral, I gave the eulogy, and I talked about how he was my only hero growing up. He didn’t do anything particularly special, other than...
Thursday, June 13, 2019, 11:10am
For more than 30 years, Midsummer’s Music has been brining chamber music to Door County. Its performances have included world premieres and feature world-class artists. The concerts attract more than 2,000 listeners each year, and reach many more via broadcasts on Wisconsin Public Radio and WFMT...
Thursday, June 13, 2019, 10:50am
Sacred choral music performed by the Choir of St. John's, Cambridge celebrates the 150th anniversary of the college chapel and the choir's 100th recording.
Thursday, June 6, 2019, 6:10pm
Scottish pianist Steven Osborne plays Beethoven's final three piano sonatas on a recording "Gramophone Magazine" calls "a magnificent achievement."
Thursday, May 30, 2019, 5:05pm
Violinist Bojan Čičić and the Illyria Consort perform three violin concertos by the enigmatic and unjustly obscure 18th century composer Giovanni Giornovich.
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 3:55pm
For Amy Ray, the music started in church, or more particularly in church choir. "In my family, we all sung and we took piano when we were young. It was the rule," Ray said. "And then I was in church choir. I mean that's really where it came from initially. I had a really great choir director from...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 12:35pm
Two symphonies by Florence Smith played by the Fort Smith Symphony under conductor John Jeter, one of them a world premiere recording
Friday, May 10, 2019, 11:50am
Conductor Jordi Savall brings together musicians of different faiths in a recording of early music from around the Mediterranean Sea.
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 10:25am
Join us for two productions by Madison Opera. Lori Skelton hosts these broadcast performances, which were recorded live at Overture Hall during the 2018-19 season. 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18: "Cavalleria Rusticana" by Pietro Mascagni, and "Pagliacci" by Ruggero Leoncavallo. A famous operatic double-...
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 9:30am
When Dom Flemons performed his song, "San Francisco Baby," at the 2014 Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival, the music sounded decades old, but the song was brand new.
Friday, May 3, 2019, 4:15pm
In the 1930s, African-American composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price made some of the country's most interesting classical music. WPR host Stephanie Elkins tells us about their long friendship and why some of their work has only recently been published for the first time.
Friday, May 3, 2019, 4:15pm
In the 1930s, African-American composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price made some of the country's most interesting classical music. WPR host Stephanie Elkins tells us about their long friendship and why some of their work has only recently been published for the first time.
Friday, May 3, 2019, 12:00pm
Peter Bryant talks to Victor Gorodinsky, Music Director and Founder of the 40-piece UW Russian Folk Orchestra . They are celebrating their 22nd anniversary with a concert on Saturday, May 4 at 7pm at the First Unitarian Society in Madison.
Friday, May 3, 2019, 10:45am
The Chicago Sinfonietta under Artistic Director Mei-Ann Chen is setting records for programming music by women and hiring women musicians. Their newest release features all women composers.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 5:40am
"Music is magical." That’s the way singer-songwriter Kari Arnett described the process of creating her latest album, "When the Dust Settles."
Friday, April 26, 2019, 2:50pm
In a time of division in our world along political, religious, economic and philosophical lines, the 100 th anniversary of Pete Seeger's birth is a chance to honor someone who, as he once said, "sang for everybody."
Friday, April 19, 2019, 8:00am
With Earth Day upon us and in memory of one of the inspirations for the holiday, here are a few songs by folk musicians that are about birds, but really are about the bigger picture, too.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 3:00pm
WPR "Morning Classics" host Stephanie Elkins reminisces about spending time in Notre Dame de Paris as a homesick student, and then returning 40 years later.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 8:00pm
Julie Patchouli and Bruce Hecksell, who perform as the folk duo "Patchouli, said their song, "The Woods," has become something of the pair's musical mantra.
Monday, April 1, 2019, 7:05am
In honor of April Fools' Day, the WPR's music staff had fun putting together a collection of personal favorites.
