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Quiz: Could You Be Mahler’s BFF?

Answer a few questions about Gustav Mahler’s life and we’ll tell you whether you could be best buds!

Candice AgreeMay 5, 2015

Playlist: 5 Mexican Composers You Should Know

Stephen RaskauskasApril 30, 2015

Playlist: 6 Songs to Welcome the Merry Month of May

Stephen RaskauskasApril 28, 2015

Mezzo Jamie Barton Receives $50K Richard Tucker Award

Pianist Jacques Loussier Dies at Age 84

Keegan MorrisMarch 7, 2019

The French pianist was known for his jazz interpretations of classical music, most famously, the works of Bach in his Play Bach record series.

Music of the Baroque Announces 2019-20 Season

Hannah SchillerMarch 6, 2019

The upcoming season, the company’s 49th, “will be a season of high drama, storytelling, virtuosity, and spiritual depth,” comments executive director Declan McGovern.

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Guggenheim Fellow Rudresh Mahanthappa On Creating Music that Defies Genre

Stephen RaskauskasApril 10, 2015

To label Manhathappa's music simply as a fusion between Carnatic music and jazz would be reductive. If, anything, it represents "the beautiful multicultural state of affairs of the United States right now."

14 Facts About Haydn

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 31, 2015

As we celebrate Haydn’s Birthday on the air, enjoy these fun facts about the composer from hosts and Haydn lovers Peter Van de Graaff and Carl Grapentine. Share your favorite facts about Haydn with us in the comments below. 1. Haydn was born the year George Washington was born (1732) and died the year Abraham Lincoln was born (1809). 2. ...

Ryan de Ryke and Peter van de Graaff in Telemann’s Don Quichotte

WFMT Host Peter van de Graaff Stars in Haymarket’s Don Quichotte

Stephen RaskauskasMarch 10, 2015

"Telemann has written... some truly funny arias about Don Q.'s dreams of chivalry and Sancho's donkey and mishaps"

Afternoon Music with Candice Agree