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From The Top performers: The Meraki Quartet

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A young string quartet performs the rhapsodic first movement of Debussy’s String Quartet in G major, Op. 10, and more!

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Album cover for Alexander Kastalsky's Memory Eternal (1917)

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Choral Showcase

Choral Showcase's month of remembrance continues with music inspired by the devastation of war: Alexander Kastalsky's 1917 requiem, "Memory Eternal."

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Image from Wolf Trap Opera production of Idomeneo.

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Wolf Trap Opera Presents "Idomeneo"

Wolf Trap Opera's 2018 production of Idomeneo is available for free online viewing on ClassicalWETA.org. The opera, written when Mozart was just 24 years old, is considered his first great opera.

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Trey Graham

Trey Graham is a weekend afternoon host on Classical WETA. A longtime arts journalist in the nation’s capital, he’s a veteran most recently of NPR, where he spent seven years covering movies, theater, galleries, books and more.

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Missy Mazzoli Is The 21st Century's Gatecrasher Of New Classical Music

November 16, 2018

Classical music has a gatekeeping problem. Through her label-defying music and commitment to mentorship, Mazzoli is fighting to correct that.

Raising the Dead, And A Few Questions, With Maria Callas' Hologram

November 6, 2018

A hologram of the legendary opera diva is on tour with a live orchestra. But behind the dramatic music, truth and fiction are blurred.

A 'Cosmic Connection' Between 2 Violinists

October 27, 2018

For decades, Cologne-based violinist Geoffry Wharton has played jazzy crowd-pleasing encores written in the 1930s by an obscure composer, Audrey Call. Wharton discovered a spooky connection with her.

DJ Sessions: Meet One Italian Composer Who Some Say Hasn't Gotten His Due

October 18, 2018

This year marks the 275th anniversary of the birth of Italian cellist and composer Luigi Boccherini, a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn.

MacArthur Fellow Vijay Gupta On Making Music Accessible For All

October 13, 2018

Violinist and social justice advocate Vijay Gupta, one of the 2018 winners of the MacArthur Fellowship, speaks about his work in under-resourced communities in Los Angeles and what's next.

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