Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Hummel
This week’s Chamber Music Society program brings you works of two composers who are musical household names, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, and a major work by a composer of lesser renown, Johann...
View ArticleVirtuoso Showcase: From Flute to Double Bass
This week, the Chamber Music Society features music for flute and piano by Dutilleux, violin and double bass by Bottesini and clarinet and strings by Weber.Program details:Dutilleux: Sonatine for Flute...
View ArticleAs Night Descends
Elliott Forrest co-hosts with Chamber Music Society's Co-Artistic Director David Finckel a weekly hour of live performances from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. This week features a...
View ArticleHigh Drama
Elliott Forrest co-hosts with Chamber Music Society's Co-Artistic Director David Finckel a weekly hour of live performances from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. This week features works by...
View ArticleAll-Russian Music
Elliott Forrest co-hosts with David Finckel a weekly hour of performances from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. This week pianist Alessio Bax, the Escher String Quartet and others offer an...
View ArticleSchubert Trio and Berg
Tune in at 10 pm Monday as WQXR host Elliott Forrest hosts performances by members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. This week's episode features co-artistic directors Wu Han (piano) and...
View ArticleA Toast to Love: A Valentine's Day Classical Beer Jam in The Greene Space
WQXR's recipe for Valentine’s Day magic? Classical music paired with craft beer. At 7 pm on Tuesday, watch a video webcast of our Valentine's Day Classical Beer Jam live from The Greene Space at WQXR....
View ArticleLucille Chung and Alessio Bax Perform a Mozart Piano Sonata for Four Hands
On Wednesday, pianists Alessio Bax and Lucille Chung stepped into the WQXR studio to offer some delightful release from the piling stresses of the work week. Above, you can listen to their performance...
View ArticleRomantic Musical Moments From the Greene Space
Join us today for a special Valentine’s Day edition of Midday Masterpieces, featuring WQXR producer Merrin Lazyan sharing some of her favorite romantic musical moments from the Greene Space. Come along...
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The Best New Classical Releases of May 2018
May: a month for flowers, mothers … and more phenomenal new classical recordings! From Monteverdi’s sublime Vespers to the bold orchestral imaginings of Richard Strauss, here are our favorite recent...
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12 Pianists Choose The Piece of a Lifetime
The great pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff once said, “Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” This is true not only with respect to the infinite scope of...
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Roads Not Taken: 12 Pianists Tell Us What Else They Might Have Been
When a great pianist takes the stage and delivers a performance that’s thrilling and moving in equal measure — when we hear recordings of the finest artists interpreting the sublimely challenging piano...
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