Albrecht Mayer - Voices of Bach

Albrecht Mayer's Voices of Bach

Full Rotation: Featured Album of the Week

The world's leading oboist plays the great vocal melodies of J.S. Bach on this week's Full Rotation.

Perspectives: Kronos Quartet

Perspectives: Kronos Quartet (Carnegie Hall)

Time for Kronos

Q2 Music

Set your watches, it's time for the Kronos Quartet. At the top of every hour on Wednesday, March 10, Q2 celebrates the Kronos Quartet with a deep dive into their extraordinarily rich and diverse recorded output, as we gear up for their upcoming Carnegie Hall series, Perspectives: Kronos Quartet.

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Conductor's Choice

WQXR Features

WQXR’s new Conductor’s Choice series launches with Maestro George Manahan in the driver’s seat. Manahan will lead listeners through the symphonic cycle of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius beginning Friday, March 12 at 8p.m.

George Manahan, conductor

Encore!

McGraw Hill Young Artists Showcase

This week's McGraw Hill Young Artists Showcase includes encore performances by artists who have appeared on the program in the past year, including the Amstel Quartet.

Amstel Quartet

Symphony Hall: Gorecki

Symphony Hall

Join us tonight on Symphony Hall for Henryk Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs."

Henryk Gorecki

Ethel Plays JacobTV

Q2 Music

On Thursday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m., Q2 joins forces again with New Sounds Live to present a live webcast of the music of Dutch avant-pop composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis, aka JacobTV, performed by the exciting, cutting-edge string quartet Ethel. Listen in to hear U.S. premieres of TV’s Dolly Shot and Syracuse Blues as well as new works arranged specifically for Ethel.

Ethel

Music Helps Vets Control Symptoms of PTSD

WQXR Features

In the last five years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has more than doubled the number of music therapists at its clinics. The VA uses music therapy to help veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, control their symptoms.

Dr. Mary Rorro

George Jellinek's Vocal Scene

WQXR Features

In 1969 George Jellinek created The Vocal Scene, a weekly, one-hour show was devoted to opera and great opera singers. In Jellinek's honor, WQXR is revisiting prized segments from the archives of The Vocal Scene.

WQXR Music Director and host of The Vocal Scene, George Jellinek in the early 1970s.
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