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Margaret Bonds And Florence Price Offered Friendship, Mutual Support As Artists

February 20, 2019 - 3:55pm

African-American classical composers Florence Price and Margaret Bonds support each other to achieve success in 1930s Chicago.

WPR Music Hosts Share Songs For Valentine's Day

February 13, 2019 - 6:00pm

Love, gained and lost, is one of the most common themes in all music. In honor of Valentine’s Day, WPR's Music Staff shares some wide-ranging personal favorites, from the familiar to the unexpected.

UW's Jim Leary Gets Grammy Nod For Vintage Swiss-American Album Notes

February 5, 2019 - 5:05am

Jim Leary, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor emeritus, is up for his second Grammy Award in the category for Best Album Notes. This time he's been nominated for his work on an album called "Alpine Dreaming."

Enjoy The New Milwaukee Symphony Broadcast Series On WPR

January 3, 2019 - 11:45am

WPR’s Lori Skelton hosts this national series of broadcast concerts by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. The 13-part series will air Sundays starting Jan. 6, 2019, at 2 p.m. on the NPR News and Classical Music Network, and on the Classical HD Network.

WPR Music Hosts Share Their Holiday Favorites

December 19, 2018 - 1:30pm

The WPR music hosts love sharing holiday music with listeners each season. They also have their own favorites — including recordings with meaningful associations.

The Metropolitan Opera Begins Its 88th Season

November 26, 2018 - 3:50pm

The new season of Saturday Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts begins Dec. 1 on Wisconsin Public Radio, and continues through May 11.

Alma Mahler Brought To Life In 'Ecstasy'

August 24, 2018 - 3:25pm

Author Mary Sharratt has written an engrossing account of Alma Mahler's life. "Ecstasy" has been meticulously researched, capturing rich facets and details of this compelling story over a long arc of time.

Upstaged at the White House

June 26, 2018 - 11:30pm

The playing was some of the finest in the world. But on this particular occasion in 1986, Vladimir Horowitz was to be upstaged by the President and first lady of the United States. The East Room of the White House was packed with musicians and political figures. Horowitz was being...

Scottish Novel, Italian Opera

June 25, 2018 - 11:30am

The 38-year-old composer was gambling that his new opera would succeed where others were failing. Gaetano Donizetti was pinning his hopes on a hastily written opera based not on an Italian subject but on a Scottish novel. By 1835 Donizetti believed that the state of opera in Naples was in...

WPR Presents Two Madison Opera Broadcasts

May 10, 2018 - 2:00pm

Join us for two productions by Madison Opera. Lori Skelton hosts these broadcast performances, which were recorded live at Overture Hall during the 2017-18 season.

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Margaret Bonds And Florence Price Offered Friendship, Mutual Support As Artists

WPR Music Hosts Share Songs For Valentine's Day

UW's Jim Leary Gets Grammy Nod For Vintage Swiss-American Album Notes

Enjoy The New Milwaukee Symphony Broadcast Series On WPR

WPR Music Hosts Share Their Holiday Favorites

The Metropolitan Opera Begins Its 88th Season

Alma Mahler Brought To Life In 'Ecstasy'

Upstaged at the White House

Scottish Novel, Italian Opera

WPR Presents Two Madison Opera Broadcasts

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