Classical Score

From Samuel Barber to Pat Metheny, the saxophone quartet can play it all with elegance and style. Hear from our resident saxophonist, member of the Washington Saxophone Quartet, and host of Center Stage from Wolf Trap, Rich Kleinfeldt.

From a project reimagining Beethoven with 32 composers on Front Row Washington to Tchaikovsky's hidden secrets on his sixth and last symphony, WETA Classical offers a week of exciting special programs and more!

The upcoming program on Front Row Washington looks at Beethoven in a whole new way, with 32 works from 32 different composers where each piece has to relate to a Beethoven sonata.

The "New Voices, New Recordings" of this week's Choral Showcase highlights Native American prayer and poetry, set to music. Hear more from Bill Bukowski about the program!

Front Row Washington features the American String Quartet, Grammy-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin serenades us on Center Stage from Wolf Trap, and lots more on our special programs this week!

Hear from WNO's American Opera Initiative, presenting three one-act operas by three talented composer-librettist teams, mentored by leading composers, librettists, and conductors. 

Nicole Lacroix pays tribute to the late Maestro Dingwall Fleary, whose talents and larger-than-life personality touched and enriched the lives of music lovers in Northern Virginia and beyond.

Choral Showcase explores settings of the Magnificat throughout the centuries, continuing with the theme of “New Voices, New Recordings”. Bill Bukowski gives us an insight into this fascinating program.

We catch up with Ella and Emma-Grace Kim, two talented sisters from Herndon, Virginia who are local participants on From the Top.

A Conversation with PostClassical Ensemble’s Angel Gil-Ordóñez and Guest Curator Stanley Thurston of The Heritage Signature Chorale, in anticipation of their January 11th new year’s concert, “Amazing Grace: Music for the Spirit” at The Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre.

We hear from The University of Maryland’s National Orchestral Institute on Front Row Washington, teenage virtuosos from the DC area on From the Top, we explore the life of Antonio Vivaldi on Classical Breakdown, and so much more!

Bill Bukowski guides us through the upcoming Choral Showcase program of music by women, performed by women.