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Tchaikovsky’s Top 10 Works

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a master of melody. Across musical forms the Russian composer’s works exquisitely harness the power of each instrument involved.

WFMTSeptember 12, 2020

Playlist: Black and Latino Voices On Stage

Maggie RebergSeptember 10, 2020

The Thrill of Seeing: Scoring The Earliest Movies

George PrestonSeptember 10, 2020

Music Endures: 50 Years of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Russian opera ‘Boris Godunov’ to open next La Scala season

Associated PressJune 6, 2022

Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala has announced the celebration of next season’s gala premiere; the company's 2022-23 calendar was set long before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Playlist: Classical Workout Music

Adela SkowronskiJune 3, 2022

Get your heart pumping with some Holst. Practice pushups with some Prokofiev. Take down those deadlifts with Tan Dun.

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Playlist: 88 Piano Pieces for Piano Month

Keegan MorrisSeptember 8, 2020

September is National Piano Month, so WFMT is sharing a supersized playlist – with one selection corresponding to each key on the keyboard.

Andrew Lloyd Webber warns arts ‘at point of no return’

Associated PressSeptember 8, 2020

The Phantom of the Opera composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has told British lawmakers that the arts are "at the point of no return," and urged the government to set a date for theaters to be allowed to reopen.

Quiz: What American Composer Are You?

WFMTSeptember 7, 2020

Take this quiz to find out which dean of American music you're most like! Are you sparse and minimal like Philip Glass? Or do you prefer the sis-boom-bah John Philip Sousa? Do you prefer Samuel Barber's sonic landscapes of America, or Scott Joplin's Ragtime portraits of American life?

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff