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95th Oscars: Music & Sound Nominees

The nominees for the 95th Academy Awards were announced on January 24, 2023. Let’s take a look at the music and sound-focused categories.

Michael San GabinoMay 18, 2018

Playlist: 20 Works That Inspire CSO Composers-in-Residence Elizabeth Ogonek, Samuel Adams

Lisa FlynnMay 18, 2018

Playlist: Classical Music for Weddings (That’s Not Pachelbel’s Canon)

Candice AgreeMay 17, 2018

Wedding music from the movies for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Polish composer, conductor Krzysztof Penderecki dies at 86

Associated PressMarch 30, 2020

One of the world’s most popular contemporary classical music composers, whose works have featured in Hollywood films like The Shining and Shutter Island, has died.

Update: Singer John Prine is in stable condition, his wife says

Associated PressMarch 30, 2020

News that Prine's health was in jeopardy provoked an outpouring of affection for the legendary singer-songwriter.

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The Studs Terkel Radio Archive, One of the World’s Great Spoken-Word Collections, Goes Public

Stephen RaskauskasMay 15, 2018

On May 16, 2018, what would have been Studs’s 106th birthday, listeners will have more access to this incredible gold mine of materials than ever before.

Playlist: 10 Handel Operas Everyone Should Know

WFMTMay 13, 2018

This article was originally published on February 23, 2016.

VIDEO | Anderson & Roe Piano Duo play four-handed arrangements of Brahms and Schubert

Stephen RaskauskasMay 11, 2018

Watch acclaimed pianists Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe perform live in the WFMT studios.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff