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Bruckner

Bruckner 200

We are celebrating Anton Bruckner's 200th birthday this month! Learn more about his life, works, and legacy, and our on-air celebrations here.

Sphinx

Fall Concert Recommendations

An exciting season of concerts awaits the DMV! Our hosts share which concerts they are looking forward to attending this fall.

Staunton Music Festival

Summer of Concerts

We offer weekly concert recommendations in and out of the DMV for a classical getaway this summer, from Wolf Trap inside the beltway to various star-studded music festivals along the Blue Ridge Mountains.

  • Bruckner Organ

    A Celebration of Bruckner on Choral Showcase

    Bill Bukowski guides us through the life and music of Anton Bruckner, and gives us a sneak peek of the Bruckner-themed Choral Showcase programs throughout September.

  • Bruckner

    Bruckner 200

    We are celebrating Anton Bruckner's 200th birthday this month! Learn more about his life, works, and legacy, and our on-air celebrations here.

  • CCS

    The Joy of Live Music

    Nicole Lacroix shares her thoughts on the importance of attending live concerts, from creating a sense of community, discovering something new, and more.

  • Bruckner

    The Bruckner Problem

    Evan Keely walks us through Bruckner's creative process and his constant revisions of his symphonies, keeping musicologists and music lovers in a dilemma two hundred years after his birth.

  • Sphinx

    Fall Concert Recommendations

    An exciting season of concerts awaits the DMV! Our hosts share which concerts they are looking forward to attending this fall.

  • Staunton Music Festival

    Summer of Concerts: Week of August 19

    The summer of concerts wraps up this week with concerts around the clock from Staunton Music Festival and the grand finale from Garth Newel Music Center.

  • Appalachian Chamber Music Festival

    Summer of Concerts: Week of August 12

    In the week of August 12, The Appalachian Chamber Music Festival is in full swing! Staunton Music Festival's jam-packed schedule of concerts also kicks off.

  • music

    Listener’s Guide to Musical Terms

    You may often hear classical music terms on-air from our hosts and wonder what they truly mean. Linda Carducci provides a guide to some of the most often used words in classical music!

  • Turandot

    A Guide to Puccini's Turandot and Ticket Giveaway

    Ahead of the Met Opera's Live in HD Summer Encore presentation of Turandot, and WNO's Opera in the Outfield with their latest production of Turandot, Linda Carducci guides us through this operatic masterpiece and explains the various endings that exists today. Read through the end to learn how to win a pair of tickets to Met Opera Live in HD Summer Encore presentation on August 7.

  • Stravinsky

    If Composers Were Olympic Athletes

    Our hosts have some fun imagining which Olympic sports our favorite composers might have participated in based on their lives, music, and quirks!

  • Olympics

    Classical Music for Olympic Sports

    As you watch the incredible athletic feats during the Olympics, your mind may imagine the perfect classical music to accompany the action. Host David Martosko offers a playlist of classical music for the Olympics!