NPR's resident classical music specialist Tom Huizenga previews two of the albums he's looking forward to spending time with in 2021.
Read the full storyThis car choir solution is one that accomplished baritone David Newman came up with so that ensembles could sing "together." The method uses microphones, a mixer, an FM transmitter and car radios.
Read the full storyMeet internationally-acclaimed author Alexander McCall Smith and award-winning composer James Ross, who collaborated on song cycle <em>These Are The Hands</em>.
Read the full storyJames Newton Howard has composed the music for more than 100 films: thrillers, Disney animation and big fantasy series. His latest is the Tom Hanks western, <em>News of the World</em>.
Read the full storyThe renowned musician and <em>Late Show</em> bandleader has sage advice on everything from finding your north star and owning your own orbit to honoring lineage.
Read the full storyNPR Music's classical editor traces the high points of a year spent listening to new albums that offered comfort and confrontation in counterpoint with the relentless world outside the headphones.
Read the full storyGrowing up in a progressive city, Ludwig van Beethoven embraced the ideals of the Enlightenment, the philosophical movement that shook Europe and helped shape the composer's music.
Read the full storyJoin cellist Jan Vogler and pianist Alessio Bax at the "doctor's office," where they make the case for Beethoven as the liberator of the cello by playing music from his cello sonatas.
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