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Still from TÁR (2022): Tár rehearses music newly admitted orchestra cellist Olga Metkina

Tár Music Supervisor: ‘It’s rare to have classical music on screen in that way’

A conversation with Lucy Bright about the ethical considerations of music supervision, Tár’s most surprising musical Easter eggs, and more.

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

With Opera Houses Closed, Soprano Sings for Her Alpacas

Keegan MorrisApril 2, 2020

An audience is an audience, no matter who (or what species) is in it. Case in point: Erin G. McCarthy recently gave a quick recital in her barn to an audience of three alpacas.

Son: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; fought virus

Associated PressApril 2, 2020

Marsalis was born in New Orleans, son of the operator of a hotel where he met touring Black musicians who couldn't stay at the segregated downtown hotels where they performed.

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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.

Weekend Mornings with Kristina Lynn