Would it hurt if you guys/gals sold a little swag? I'd buy a black Q2 T-shirt and some refrigerator magnets. Also, you've turned me on to Eliot Carter. Who knew?

Please tell me the piece played this morning March 27 like 6 a.m., before the double bass piece, I think two voices and comments by composer, a woiman, who composed piece when visiting northern Canada. Thanks.

Nothing but Bach has been playing on WQXR --It's driving me nuts--had to
change stations .Terrible format --Bach 360 ??

Dear Mr.Garland

I am excited to hear your "Music of the Movies" with Humphrey Bogart later this evening. I hope you are planning perhaps to include the music from the movie "Beat the Devil" directed by John Huston and starring not only Humphrey Bogart but his most beautiful co-star of all his films- Signor Gina Lollobrigida!

Signora Lollobrigida will be celebrating her 86th birthday on July 4th, 2013 having outlived all of her leading men from the classic movie era.
... and deserves recognition for her great contributions to cinema and theatre. As the original and still unmatched "Queen of Sheba" from the movie Solomon and Sheba I hope you wish her a "Buon Compleanno on July 4th 2013.

Thanks
Erik A. Tobiason

I just heard a wonderful program, hosted by David Dubal paying tribute to Van CLiburn. I hope it will be repeated again and again. It was a warm, affectionate portrait of an artist that mesmerized the world during a very critical post- war era by his youthfulness, charisma and talent.
Thank you so much.
Ruth Schapira

I'm sending in my annual gift today, and I wanted to express my special appreciation for q2 as well as for Wqxr. Through q2, I've broadened my love of good music and rejuvenated my 69-year-old ears. Thank you so much!

I really love this station. I've been looking for something like this for a long time. Only one complaint, which I realize borders on blasphemy, is I wish Phil Kline played less Glass and Reich--they're a little too formulaic. There, I said it. Otherwise, it's perfect.

I enjoy the shows in which various composers, like Phil Kline, come in and play favorite pieces. TWo ideas strike me when hearing those shows. I wonder how many other composers let iTunes play their collections randomly as they scrub the bath tub and dust. It would be interesting to have shows in which composers record the random plays on their collections and then play that set of pieces for half an hour. It might be the composers unconscious tastes speaking, rather than a selection of music by friends or music that one "ought" to hear. Might make an interesting experiment. Also, I'd love to hear composers in Iowa, New Mexico, Southern Arizona or far Northern California do shows. There is musical life outside Manhattan and Brooklyn.

How about a few shows focusing on US born Latino composers?

Dear Q2, I am a British Electro Acoustic Composer and Percussionist, working with a number of very interesting International Collaborators. I am currently being played regulallly on on the Contempoary Classical Feature 'What's Next?' Presented by Jim Cross on WGDR Mondays 1 - 3 pm New York time. One of my Albums will be played today [Dec 17th 2012]. Would be VERY INERESTED in talking to you about featuring in a future Q2 Broadcast.

Nadia, thanks for this Carter memorial. Fantastic!

Thanks for supporting music by living composers.

bob,guitar plus international

p.s. If your station's music library doesn't have any cds by Duo46 www.duo46.com or their strung Out Trio www.strungouttrio.com let me know and i will send you review copies.

The only thing better for my head than Q2 is chess. Yes, I went there

I'm a long-time listener to and supporter of WQXR, but I have one small suggestion. The number of repeated compositions, especially in the morning hours, are far more than even the most committed music lover could enjoy. I've heard Schumann's Concerto for 4 French Horns so many times in the past two weeks that I could probably sing every part from the flute down to the double bass. It's a great piece but enough is enough. What I do love is all the chamber music and Baroque music. I would suggest a more varied approach, something like that of BEMF, at ClassicalNewEngland.org. In a recent trip to Mass. we heard wonderful pieces that are slightly off the beaten track (not contemporary works, but different from the approximately 250 usual things that are heard on WQXR) over and over again.

BRAVOS FOR OVERDOSE OF PHILIP GLASS....But a Correction for the overly anxious afternoon announcer lady who described the pianist Conor Hanick as .."Our Very Own Conor Hanick" with the Metropolis Ensemble and DreamScape..Correction, Dear WQXR, in the land of my birth (Newark, or is it New York City)..Conor Hanick was born and raised right here in Iowa City Iowa..and we lay all rights of First Claim to him!..... Perhaps, you thought you would sneek this commentary past little Iowa City..out in the parched corn fields, But..Alas..We listen to WQXR...and we pay our dues monthly and automatically. BIG KUDOS TO YOUS. T2

Listening this morning to Milton Babbit on Hammered.Question, is there anything in the "rules" of Serialism that forbids repetition? The brainstem and cortical auditory functions detect and amplify repetition making it a focus in the assimilation of auditory stimuli. Most other composers and traditional sources incorporate it into the structure of their music. If I record a minute of random noise, say cooking sounds in the kitchen, and listen to it through several repetitions I begin to expect and enjoy certain sound combinations. Why don't serial composers take advantage of this natural phenomenon to make their notoriously difficult music more accessible?

Yes! Thank you for playing such wonderful contemporary classical music.I'am loving it.

Is there a way to buy an mp3 of a streamed concert? The March 24 2012 Muntain Goats/Anonymous 4 concert was fantastic.

To Mr. Feeney from Spokane: Would that piece
have been Paul Schoenfield's Trio for Clarinet,
Violin and Piano (played at 3:32 AM Pacific time)?

The way you find the playlist from an earlier date
is to find your way to the Q2 playlist Web page.
By default it shows the current day's playlist
up until the time you are viewing it. Latest work is
at the top; scroll down for earlier items. Off to
the right on this page is a calendar. Click on the
day whose playlist you want. For a previous month,
click on the little "<<" under "SU".

Q2 has the worst-designed Web site I have ever seen.
But they have made a very important change that I
noticed about a week ago: page loading is much faster.
I've held my breath for a week, but the improvement
seems to be a permanent fix. Thanks, Q2.

How can I find out the names of pieces that are played throughout the night and early morning?

I am looking for the name of a piece that was played early Monday morning the 30th of April. It was scored for
clarinet, violin and piano and had a klezmer style to it. How can I find the names of all these great pieces that I
hear through the after hours that aren't announced and aren't part of a set program?

Love your station and I will send a contribution to it soon!

Thank you!

Q2...Love the station....don't change. No, no, do change...oh, you know what I mean.....keep evolving...

I'd like to hear more chorals and other voice pieces: Choral especially. Q2 is such a relief from the 'museum'

(yes, I donate)

The programme is good, but do you think you might develop a website which would make it easy to find a playlist - I'd like to know what's playing, or what was just played. Normally if I go to the website of a radio station it tells me what I have just heard, what I am hearing and what I will be hearing. Do you think you could do that as well, please? It can't be too difficult to do, surely. Some of us are rather busy and would prefer not to spend 2 1/2 hours trying to find out what you've just played.
Thank you.

I have been a WQXR listener since my college days and still enjoy the station but not so much for contemporary music. I am not trying to put down Q2, but I find that Classical Discoveries with Marvin Rosen on WPRB takes the lead when it comes to playing a variety of new music. I listen online at www.wprb.com and the program showcases new music from all parts of the globe. Also, he also plays a selections of avant-guarde music. There is something for every listener - www.classicaldiscoveries.org

I made a very bad start with American Mavericks like three weeks ago with Mary Rowell hardly being able to figure out more than 20 words per minute while badly insisting to remain on air. Still, since then she greatly improved her hosting. As for the entire radical change of the musical style it was at first shocking as it had little to do with (my) idea of classics, even contemporary. I don't know how to call this pop-py style, sometimes it could be a cheap kitschy New-aging beat like now with Johnothan Bomboy Ethel, but it could be also powerful and convincingly self-sustainable like with Kimmo Pohjonen with Kronos: these two things I am mentioning on prima vista as delineating the new territories of the station. In general I keep on thinking the streaming needs a better musical journalists or simply play-back writers - people who know how to write interestingly about music and the host could take advantage of their skills if it is that crucial to make them musitions. But I accept the program change as generally fresh and vital although it goes radically at odds with my own suggestions to the station for more XX C second half, more European and global, better connected with the far end of WQXR programing, more modernist, adventurous, challenging, making inroads music, founded on the already established authentic contemporary classical names. I still believe such station is badly needed but obviously I will have it with with some other radio station.

hi,

I just wanted to say that I've been really disappointed in the station lately. The quality of music has changed and there's far too much talking. I've been listening since before you started calling Q2, and it's my favorite station. I listen to it all day long while I work.

I normally wouldn't comment, but the last few weeks since the fund drive everything has changed, and I don't understand why.

I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, but Q2 means a great deal to me as there's nothing else like it. I like some of the new content you have had, but some of the music sounds like pop, which I could find on other stations. But I also dislike the additional talking, which ruins the experience for me. Nadia Sirota was very concise and I appreciate that.

Anyway, that's just how I feel and I wanted to let you guys now. Thanks. Matt Snee

I recently discovered your station, and had my first serious long listen yesterday while doing some yard work. I really enjoyed the music I heard! Also, needed to tell you that Lisa Rowell's Bob Dylan impersonation was one of the funniest things I have EVER heard on the radio! Looking forward to hearing more. Thanks for the great work.

Pardon me if this has been discussed. A recent book about Hedy Lamar and George Antheil piqued my interest in the music of George Antheil. Not the movie scores but the more steam-punkish compositions for multiple player pianos. Would like to hear Nadia introduce such a work, her remarks always seem spot-on to me :)
JK

What was the anonymous "Piano Concerto" that you played today (February 15) from 8:16-8:15? It was really interesting and I'd love to know who wrote it.

Keep up the good work.

Hello - just a hearty and sincere thanks for continuing to program tracks from my July release PASSAGE THROUGH A DREAM!! I have heard from several people who have heard the music vis WQXR and I greatly appreciate your support. The very best to all involved with Q2!! - Phillip Schroeder

Since I have complained a few times ( too much minimal music not enough variety etc ) I though I should tell you that the Polish music week has been very very special. Many thanks and perhaps other countries might work also.

This morning I was puzzled to see on the playlist for 4:56AM Davidovsky's "Synchronisms
No. 10 for Guitar and Electronic Sounds" with "Geza Anda, piano" given as the artist.
Anda died in 1976. Clicking on "Buy Track" brought up the correct album information, listing
Daniel Lippel as the guitarist. I suspected that a live human must be typing the playlist on
the fly, so I went to the two other playlists to see if there was, perhaps, some 1960's piano
recording being played around 5 AM. No luck with "WQXR 105.9" -- it starts at 5:30 AM. But under
the "WQXR Special" tab I found that Bach's Cantata 208 had been scheduled at 5:01 AM with "Leon
Fleisher, piano" -- another pianist in his prime in the 1960's. So I clicked on _that_ "Buy Track" link and it
brought up an album called "Habanera," with the picture of a sexy lady on it...far out!
Thanks for the adventure, Q2!

Overall I like the design of your web site and the music that Q2 plays is wonderful. However, the "full player" when it is Full player mode generally cuts off the music schedule as well as the line that notes "next up". This is probably a small programming bug but it would be nice if the schedule was available in the full player mode. (I know that the full schedule can be accessed on another page but the full player mode is much more convenient).

for Larry Thomas from Michigan - you can find out what is playing by clicking on the "Schedules & Playlists" link at the top of the home page, then on the "Q2 Music" link.

Q2 is the mystery station. It plays great music, but nobody knows what it is. The non-stop pieces have no names, composers, or performers. Still, I listen a lot and enjoy the nameless works I hear.

Jeff from Jerusalem, Israel

I use Winamp, whihc recently did begin showing me the work. There is a free version of Winamp.

I have a couple of questions:

1. When using Windows Media player the name of the piece, composer etc. doesn't appear. Is there some way that this can be changed so that it does appear?

2. Sometimes on your "On Air" box (appearing on site) the title and composer of the currently playing piece doesn't appear (i.e. it get's cut off). A minor problem, but can it be fixed?

Thanks. Love your station. Best music on the internet.

I love Q2! Keep up the good work! The perfect music to listen to as I wait for a snowstorm to hit - so moody, yet a funky edge. Thanks for making the day more interesting.

OK- let me start by saying I'm a huge fan of Q2 and contemporary music but.. the piece playing right now - "A Song for Wade (This is Not That Song) by Matt Marks is THE MOST PRETENTIOUS WHINY SOULLESS and WHITEST thing I have heard on the radio.. any radio (and I listen to Q2, WFMU, WPKN, WYEP, etc. etc.) in a LONG TIME. I hope I never ever hear this piece again as long as I live. Sorry... I really had to say something.

I've listened to WQXR since I was a young child in the 1950's. This is the first pledge drive that I listened to (via Internet as I am Wash DC). I note that WQXR and WETA-FM in DC believe that the musical programming during the pledge week has to be the lowest common denominator. To make things even more obsurd, you are offering a box set of the most accessible selections as a gift for $180.00. Your listeners don't need the pablum, and the non listeners are unlikely to shell out the money. Let me know when the regular programming returns.

Ouch! The recent "improvements" to the "playlist" section of the website are a downgrade from how it used to work. At this moment, I cannot find the listing of what is playing (about 10:08 EDT). The playlist feature of the iPhone app is just right. How about replicating that on the website? Hearing what you are playing on Q2 is amazing, but it is far more enlightening to also know what it is. Keep up the great programming. And please fix the playlist.

Q2 doesn't understand that those of us who listen using the Web
site are not always in front of our computers. When several
short pieces are played in succession we need to refresh the
playlist page to see all of what has been played while we
were in the kitchen or elsewhere. But if we refresh the page
the player has to be restarted. Here is a solution.

Problem: Separate the player from the playlist.

Solution: Use two separate windows. (More convenient if
your browser window is NOT expanded to fill the screen.)
1. Go to the Q2 Playlist page at wqxr.org/#/playlists/q2
2. Open a new window. For example, in IE, click
on the "File" pulldown menu and select "New Window".
(Some browsers open with a blank page. If so, bring up
the Q2 playlist on it.)
3. This second window will be your player. Click on the
player's "Q2 Music" button and then click the "Play" button.
4. You can resize the player window down to "widget" size
by clicking on the lower right corner and dragging
it upward and to the left. Presto! You have a smaller,
floating player. Now you can refresh the original page
to get an updated playlist without losing the music.

Happy Birthday, Q2 Music!

Thanks for providing such remarkable talent in your programming: musicians and hosts. Also, loving the use of white space in new logo and the site.

Wishing you the best in the future,
Terre

Happy 2nd Birthday to Q2 Music! Thanks for a superb two years of music. All cued up for the next 20. Loving the site redesign, by the way, and the great new look!
Congrats!

I never thought the previous web design of your site was that bad, but the current design is horrible and not geared for those of us who exclusively listen to Q2 as an alternative to our dreary local public radio classical stations across the country (I'm in Houston, TX and my station is Classical 91.7 KUHA.) Please, consider us for whom 21st century music is a passion and a NEED and return the site to the way it was.

Your Web site design has just gone from bad to abominable.
1. Because the default player is no longer a
separate widget but is part of the playlist page,
I can't update the playlist without cutting
off the player.
2. The "Other formats" link no longer follows the
choice between WQXR and Q2. Its players always play WQXR.
I found the following workaround link:
http://www.wqxr.org/#/popup_player
Open it in a new window, then click on the "Q2" tab. But...what were you thinking? Evidently your Web site takes second place to iTunes and mobile apps.

We seem to have lost the Comments for Q2 on the Playlists? Whats up with that?

I love Q2! It has given a little meaning to a life otherwise rife with suffering. It makes me feel like I'm a part of something beautiful even when surrounded by ugliness.

My wish list would probably include:

- a future IPad app or one of those universal ones that is true to size on a tablet.

- slightly more in depth analysis of trends in contemporary classical music and/or intros to songs. I like the abundance of music but I also appreciate the pleasure of hearing someone smarter than me discuss the topic in a thoughtful way.

- some sort of membership program. I'd like to be a part of a community of individuals who enjoy this music. Right now one can't even direct their donation specifically to Q2....which I'm sure has a rational purpose but the option should still exist.

Right now I'm listening to what sounds like a lovely young lady host Cued Up San Francisco/Boston treats and I think she is a guest host. This is a fantastic idea.

I've 2 favourite radio streams: Ö1 (=Austria 1) AND Q2!!

I love Q2 - it's so necessary not only for young composers - but also for listeners being a little bit outside of the mainstream!

Thank you very much for your engagement,

Guenter from Vienna, Austria!

I enjoy Q2 very much...the new and unexplored find a place here...I like the specials you have ie: Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass etc...Kudos !!!
moe

Found the playlist. Never mind.

How do I find out what was playing at about 5:25 am Eastern US time on Sunday, 9/18/2011? It was beautiful. I must know what it was.

Great station, great programming -- but you need an icon for iTouch/iPhone.

It's great that you can now see what's playing on Q2 when you're listening to it in iTunes or Winamp, without having to check the playlist on the website. But along with the title of the piece, it would be much preferable to have the composer's name displayed instead of one of the performers. You still have to check the website to see who the composer is. Giving one of often several performers is not very informative. I think most would agree that it's more important to give the composer's name.

Just LOVE this music stream!!!..I live in Panama now ( out in the middle of nowhere) after 20 years in NYC..cannot tell you how this keeps me 'there"..Love the avant-garde edge.You rarely get to hear this stuff on regular stations. I can't tell you how much I appreciate the 9/11 special too..just fantastic. I could listen to it all the time. Than the universe for the internet!! Great job all of you.Gracias gracias.

I have been listening to the Remembering New York After 9/11 music on my HD Radio and it is absolutely stunning. The religious music (right now the Hilliard Ensemble is playing) is breathtakingly beautiful. My radio will be tuned to Q2 whenever this type of music is being played, and if that will be often, I anticipate becoming a frequent contributor to WQXR.

I can't believe how much I love this station. The vocal tracks especially. In the evenings I can't drag myself away from the computer. If I could offer some criticism, it would be to play a little less minimalist stuff, and that I sit in fear of Eliot Carter tracks (I'm just not in that league musically).

I was thrilled listening to Miki Theodorakis music , "One day in May" you just played.

Mikis wrote this during the dictatorship years from 1967-1974 in Greece.

I was just a kid growing up in Greece during that time, we were not allowed to play songs by Miki Theodorakis. I was hiding a small radio under my jacket going to my friend's home to listen together to Miki's forbidden music...That was a lot of fun !!!

Thank you for the wonderful selection you are offering your listeners. Please include more of Miki Theodorakis on your playlist.

I will certainly spread the word about 105.9 to all my colleaques and friends

DEMI

As it happens, the time difference allows me to listen to Nadia Sirota's program all day as I am working. This has become a great pleasure and inspiration for an often uneventful afternoon. I've already discovered several new pieces and composers, and have come to feel very enthused about the state of contemporary music in general. Usually I would turn to a station without announcements, but I find Nadia's comments to be useful and distracting in the best possible way. Thanks!

Please, please, please stop torturing us with your cheery invocations of 9/11, repeating the invitation (over and over and over again) that your listeners suggest how we can all best 'celebrate' the date's sickeningly-overworked meme.

You know you are talking to New Yorkers, right? We've had ten years of it.

Sometimes Q2 plays music that is designated "Special Programing" on its player with no name of composition or composer on its playlists. Does this have something to do with copyright? If not why do you hold back this information. Some of these pieces are very nice and I might want to buy them or read more about them.

At the Toronto "What's Classical" festival this past weekend I saw and was really impressed by a composer and keyboard player named John Kameel Farah. Based in Toronto, but of Palestinian heritage, he combines elements of Renaissance music, electronica, Arabic music and improvisation into an original and integral whole. He's studied with Terry Riley, and won all sorts of classical prizes before striking out on his own path. You can check out his work at www.johnfarah.com. You should add it to your playlist.

I began to gain an awareness of contemporary music in the early 1990s in Portland, Oregon where I attended performances by the Fear No Music & New Music ensembles. Now I live in San Diego & attend concerts at the Conrad Prebys Music Center (UCSD). Over the years I've read books by Paul Griffiths & American Music in the 20th Century by Kyle Gann -the latter especially broadened my horizons. Though I have amassed a very large collection on CD, there's really no keeping up without stations like Q2. Thanks!

I've just discovered Q2 for the first time today - and I have to say, I'm completely floored by the music I'm hearing.

Is there any way to find out the names of composers and works when all that is displayed in the player is "special programming"? Also, is there a way to access a list of recently played works?

Thanks.

I listen on my computer almost all day and love contemporary (well, most of it) music and have become familiar with many names new to me. This is not always possible because often works are played with no break and unannounced with 'Special Programming' as the only clue. This practice also happens on WQXR, mostly when McKnight is the announcer. But thank you for the broad coverage and interesting programming.

hello, i'm filippo from Italy
let me thank you for your wonderful music which comes along with every single day.
i'd like sometimes to listen to composer that analyze those works
thank you again
filippo

I like your "living composers" format very much, but maybe add those who have recently past - ie Ives to Cage...

Nadia - great stuff - perfect for daytime work/listening

One thing that really annoys me about the q2live website is that it defaults to WQXR for playlists and the player.

If I enter the site via q2live.org, you'd think it would set the defaults to Q2 everywhere. It's very annoying to go to playlists and then have to to the Q2 tab (which loads very slowly). Also, I'm not interested in hearing the 4th movement of a Brahms symphony on WQXR. Please show me just the Q2 feed in the player.

Your programming this 4th of July is knocking off my socks. I can't turn it off. If the player screen showed the artist name more consistently I'd keel over. (could it be my Chrome browser?)

I live on Cape Cod and used to listen to either WGBH or WCRB or WFCC all of which now play "classical Light" or are just long requests for money interspersed by repetitive news. I enjoy listening to Q2 as a cerebral alternative. Thanks

Hi richardmitnick, yes, it is a very good program and I enjoy Marvin's informative yet friendly approach. I am glad the programs can be heard online as I don't get the station on my radio due to my location (I am north of NYC). I listen to it on the wprb radio station site at http://www.wprb.com/listen.php

Claudia from N.Y.

You have found simply the best hosted New Music FM radio program. Marvin is just unbelievable.

Tell your friends and family.

I discovered a two great radio programs that present a variety of music by living composers on WPRB 103.3 FM on Wednesdays from 5:30 - 1pm: Classical Discoveries and Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde both of which are hosted by Marvin Rosen:

Example of one day programming for both shows – June 22 - Playlist

Classical Discoveries -
Mayr, Ignaz Rupert - Magnificat / Rubin, Justin - Bagatelles for Bassoon and Marimba (2008) / Carver, Robert - Mass, "Pater Creator Omnium" //
Williamson, Malcolm - Lento for Strings / Williamson, Malcolm - Sinfonia Concertante for Three Trumpets, Piano and Strings / Cabanilles, Juan - Tiento Ileno / Brubeck, Chris - Danza del soul for Chamber Ensemble (2006) //
Des Prez, Josquin - Sanctus / Biggs, John - A Renaissance Bouquet / Gombert, Nicolas - Musae Jovis / Rosner, Arnold - And he Sent Forth a Dove, Op. 71 / Donati, Ignazio - Laetare Jerusalem / Sollima, Giovanni - Federico II from "Viaggio In Italia" //
Trovesi, Gianluigi - Herback / Dinev,Peter - All My Trust / Cowell, Henry - Hymn and Fuguing Tune Number 5 / Harrison, Lou - Symphony no. 4 (Last Symphony) / Duty, Katelyn - Here's the Hurt //
Giorgi, Giovanni - Offertory "Terra Tremuit" / Reynolds, Belinda - Play (2003) / Nerses Shnorhali - New Flower / Leonarda, Isabella - Sonata, Op. 16, No. 12 / Van Ness, Patricia - The Voice of the Tenth Muse for a cappella choir (1998) //
Larsen, Libby - Ricochet / Olivieri, Mark - Hommage a trois / Eberlin, Johann Ernst - Mass in A minor / Moravec, Paul - Andy Warhol Saz for Bassoon and Piano (2005) / Berger, Theodore - Chronique Symphonique //

Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde - Aldridge, Robert - Threedance / Beglarian, Eve - Play Nice / Hovda, Eleanor - Crossings in a Mountain Dream / Rypdal, Terje - Double concerto for Two Electric Guitars and Orchestra //
Franci, Carlo and Porfido, Margherita - Duetto con Margherita for Harpsichord and Electronic Tape / Shapiro, Alex- At the Abyss for Piano and Percussion / Kondo, Jo - Short Summer Dance / Vrebalov, Aleksandra - The Spell III for Violin and Live Electronics (2008) / Ziporyn, Evan - What She Saw There //

Playlists going back to 2001 at: http://www.classicaldiscoveries.org/playlists.html

In case anyone is having difficulty with the Q2 link for Winamp, the .mp3 link, I have discovered that the link which is specifically for Windows Media Player works in Winamp, if you have selected all of the file types. Winamp will play .wma. Winamp reports the link at 96k.

I would like to see information about the selections you're streaming available more wdely. It's awkward to find if you're using iTunes or another player to listen. Can you encode the stream to broadcast this data? Or would you consider adding titles to your Twitter stream?

Serious dropouts in your signal to my Web browser these last two days. Listening as I write this, the stream stopped after 90 seconds. Anybody else having the same problem?
I notice the same problem with the WQXR stream.

I recently discovered a radio program that intrigued me more than Q2Live: Imaginary Landscapes, broadcast on KOOP Austin, Mondays 21:00. Hosted by Rick Kendrick:
Romanian Composers, part 1
Anatol Vieru - Clepsidra I (1969)
Stefan Niculescu - Ison I (1971)
Aurel Stroe - Concert music for piano, brass & percussion (1964)
Cornel Taranu - Symphony No. 2 "Aulodica" (1976)
Adrian Ratiu - Impressi (1969) - Formatia Ars Nova
Iancu Dumitrescu - Memorial/Altenances (1968) - Dumitrescu - Edition Modern
Vasile Herman - Syntagma 2 (1975) Formatia Ars Nova
Lucian Metianu - Evolution II (1976) Formatia Ars Nova

gary gach from kitchen -

When I see Kyle's name, my eyes vibrate. Do you listen to his PostClassic at live365.com, or Counterstream, Iridium, or any of the five Innova streams also at live365?

Also, Kyle has a blog available by RSS.

My first experience with him was when he supplied the 13 essays for the MPR series American Mavericks.

I think that he was also a critic at the Village Voice.

WHEN i first listened in i was really intrigued by the follow-thru on the pledge of 500 years of new music (gesualdo to golijov -- interleaving of past masters & ancestors, trailblazers from other centuries ) & continue to be pleased to find how amazingly well you all curate selections ( what & with what & why ). also visit archives & am very grateful for that. ( for one thing, it will provide nadia sirota depirvation therapy )
¿ one day you might feature kyle gann as you have jacob tv & steve reich ... ?
not much i can say but am glad too you're listening to the listeners. (the programming by listeners on hammered was spectacular ... julius eastman paired with morton feldman ?! off the hook! )
keep going !

Q2 is great. Keep the new (and interesting not-as-new) music coming. Though I miss having more of this music mixed into the regular over-the-air station music shows as it used to be on WNYC before the merger. I had to power-up an old laptop & run a wire from it to my living room amp to get Q2 without headphones. I'd rather leave headphones for planes & trains and listen to this great music over real speakers. Still not set up to listen to Q2 in the bedroom, so I'm glad Nadia's show gets repeated in the afternoon (for when I'm not working into the night).

jonthebru from Maui -

Thanks for the tip. But, tell me, I am right now listening to Q2 on my DROID II directly from the WQXR web site. What would be better about using this Tune In site?

For "smartphone listeners:
On Android, I use "Tune in Radio" The PBX app is not available for android.
iPod and iPad may use the Tune In Radio App or the PBX app, both work very well.
Tunein.com is the site for you PC or Mac that allows you to set up favorites in the order you desire. the list is adjusted on the smartphone Tunein app after that so you can bring Q2 right to the top! I am 59, was an AOR DJ when we actually played albums, I am still into "Progressive Rock". A lot! I feel New Classical Music could save the many affected symphonies and classical radio stations in America. The marketing focus should be on young modern thinkers, difficult to pigeonhole of course. It is smart and creative and the players seem to be astute and humble. I could add ore to this, but I'll leave at that.

I sent an email to listenerservices @wqxr.org, but I will post it here, maybe I will get some supporting help:

"During the Q2 portion of the current membership drive, Nadia Sirota has had conversations, interviews or discussions, with a number of people. I listen at home and at work, but in no way can I always be near the computer.
It would be great if Nadia’s discussions, etc, could be put up as an archive so that we could listen at our convenience."

I've been listening for 8 months or so and you have become my music station. Being in Alaska, I rely on webcasts and Q2 to keep me in the loop on what's happening at the festivals I so terribly miss attending. You all are awesome!

Amazing!! first pledge drive day and the stream is down??? Not good in my player, not good in the pop-up player.

I have been checking through the day.

Not to worry, lots of good New Music from Innova on live365.com .

Re: phone apps-

I have commented before, I can stream Q2 directly from the web site on my DROID II. I suspect this is quite possible on many "smart" phones.

We got some notice a while back that there were apps available for Android and iPhone. I could never get it to work. I am not sure if it was an "app" or not, as it was a link, http://...

Just another note for any older WNYC types with long memories, Hearts of Space now has iPhone and Android apps. If you have a paid subscription to H.O.S., sign in once with your normal user ID and password. The Android app works very well.

You know it's H.O.S., not just by the music, but also by the deeply pure silences between pieces.

Great stuff, so glad Q2 exists.

What's the best way to listen on an iPhone? Any plans for a Q2 app? It would be great to see the name of what's playing -- as you know, the popup player is Flash and doesn't work on iphones/ipads.

Okay...At any rate, I've added Q2 to my
bookmarks, next to Counterstream Radio.

Incidentally, I've noticed, in just a month
of listening, that whoever is reponsible for
the early morning playlist has an apparent
fondness for the music of Gavin Bryars.
I've heard "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me"
about four times, I think, which is about
three times too much...

As a new listener of about a month, my first
complaint is that you evidently don't have enough
server power. I get fine reception through my
Web browser up until about 9 AM Eastern time, but then dropouts are so frequent that listeneing is not worthwhile.

Second, I wish Q2 would give some breathing space between selections. It's an insult to composers not to leave an interval of silence after a work. This is a problem for all announcer-less radio stations.

Just discovered Q2 and very much enjoyed listening to "The New Canon" with, I think, Olivia Giovetti. Now I'm trying to find the podcast and I don't see it on itunes or anywhere on your site. Can you provide the link? Many thanks. It's hard to always be able to catch the stream at exactly the right time--and I'd love to hear the previous episodes. Thanks!

Sometimes I like new classical music & sometimes I don't. I feel some of Josh Groban's music falls into this category, like "Voce Existe Im Mim" on the "Illuminations" album, "Now or Never" and "February Song" on "Awake," "Remember When It Rained" on "Closer," and "My December" on "Live at the Greek." I love all these songs.

I am not a huge fan of traditional classical music. My parents were classical music fans and I listened to this stuff all through my childhood & am sick of a lot of it, particularly the classical style of playing the violin. I much prefer the violin work of Lucia Micarelli, who is much higher drama than the classical sound.

I am also intrigued by the songs where the Swedish Metal group "Nightwish" used an opera singer as their vocalist and the Metal group "Transiberian Orchestra" who have made metal adaptations of classical music.

I think that what these performers all have in common is an escalation of the tendency of late Romantic composers to put more drama in the music.

Wow! I just discovered Q2 browsing through internet radio stations with my new Sonos device (an amazing little gadget that delivers internet radio and music services, and your own digital music library on your home network into your home A/V entertainment system with remarkably high fidelity). I am thrilled to know there is a community out there who crave the work of our amazing contemporary composers and that Q2 is serving that craving. Bravo!

P.S. just singed up as a contributor to help keep this happening.

Larry Dunn

I just came back to listing to Q2 after quite a while away from it, and I have to say I miss the "500 years of new music" theme. It's important to give time to living composers, but I liked the early days before it had programs with hosts, when you might tune in and hear Machaut or Schubert in addition to neat contemporary music.

Q2 Listeners: WE HAVE BEEN ATTACKED!

By Midge Woolsey, a host at 105.9. Here is the link to her post at the WQXR blog

http://www.wqxr.org/blogs/wqxr-blog/2011/apr/20/are-contemporary-composers-just-spinning-their-musical-wheels/

Please go to the post and respond.

I came here for WQXR, but find myself sleeping with Q a great deal..think I am falling in love T2

The heading says, "Part of Classical 105.9 WQXR, Q2 is a listener-supported, New York-based internet stream devoted to the music of living composers..."

Q2 is to WQXR as The US Marines are to the US Navy. Suffice it to say that the Marines have their own Chief of Staff who reports not to the Navy Chief of Staff, but rather to the Chairman of the JOINT Chiefs.

Q2 is terrific, amazing, awesome, really really cool.

I've made similar comments before but here we go again. I am a great fan of Q2 and have subscribed, even though I live most of the time in Atlanta. I'm also a fan of new music but, as I'm older than most ( I guess), my definition of new music seems to be a little different...What has happened to Shostakovich, Schoenberg, Mahler, Britten, Penderecki, ...and all the others that wrote pieces that last more than 10 minutes? Your commentators are great, but can we not just hear some music now and again...in the middle of the night maybe? I also feel it is important to support living artists but I remember the first broadcast performance of Shostakovich's 15th...it was new then and is rarely heard now! And how will these living artists get their inspiration and a broadly based music culture if they can never hear something written by a dead composer...just now and again?

more electronic music. I used to hear more electronic music on NYC radio in the seventies...

I live in the Washington, DC area but am a member of WQXR because I love listening to Q2 on my Internet Radio. I listen in the middle of the night while up feeding our twins, and it helps keep me sane! My only complaint is that I wish there were a way for me to know in real time what I'm listening to. It would be great if an announcer would come on and announce what was about to be played and what was just played (like on a "regular" classical station) or if the Internet stream (which is what I listen to since I'm not in NYC) would actually carry the data of what is currently being played. As it is now, I have to remember to check the online playlist the next day when I may not clearly remember exactly what the piece sounded like. For what it's worth, I listen on a logitech squeezebox radio rather than listening through a computer. I haven't tried itunes or the pop-up player, so I don't know whether the current selection is displayed there. I know it's technologically possible to include artist/album/composer information in the stream since other streams do this, such as those from live365.com. Thanks for your consideration!

Just want to say that your live Web casts are incredible. Keep up the great work. And thanks.

Forget about iTunes, just go to the WQXR web page. Terrific schedule. Thanks.

It is time living composers are played on such a continual bases. I love the music you play however, too often I do not know what I am listening to since the music played is not being announced.

I really love Q2, can't live without it, but for the last few days I can't access it on the iTunes classical link. I wonder why? (WXQR 1 and other stations do tune in.) Frustrating- the Listen pop-up on Q2's website is not very good quality sound. I'm in Lima, Peru.

First, I want to say how much I appreciate Q2 - I've purchase a few CD's that I've heard on the broadcast, and have learned a lot about new music. But Terrance McKnight is a total bust! I want to listen to music - not that perpetual bla bla talk that he's broadcasting. If I wanted talk radio I'd choose WNYC!

Just discovered Q2 on my phone yesterday -- heaven! And so happy the playlists are posted. Please keep on keeping it real with all these new composers and works. Just an excellent station and resource for new music.

As long as we're suggesting music...how about some Chen Yi? Also, Rebekah Griffin Greene...

Greetings from the Berkshires!

I'm really into Q2 so, thanks for doing what you're doing!

I'll follow Adam from DC's lead (love Andrew Bird too) and suggest an artist as well. Can you play Andrew Shapiro? Some STELLAR piano music and other ambient lovelies. But maybe he's too commercial for your station? Dunno.

Thanks :)
-Val

First, I want to tell you how much I love Q2. Thank you for existing--you make my my workday not only bearable, but inspiring.

An artist suggestion: Would you play Andrew Bird? He has some wonderful instrumental pieces, namely from Useless Creatures. (A specific request: You Woke Me Up!)

I usually like the music that Nadia Sirota chooses for her show. It's daring, interesting and teaches me a lot about music I had never learned before. I even enjoy the minimalist approach, which can sometimes be a bit repetitive, BUT the choice of Gavin Byars: Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet, was a bit of a bore. I think the composer would probably (himself) consider it to be a bit of a throwaway. Hearing it repeated ceaselessly (How many repetitions did it really go through?) put me to sleep. Personally you can retire this one..

I've been away for a while, and I'm really annoyed by the little snatches of "music" surrounding your spoken announcement of the identity of Q2. Also, you seem to need to identify it a lot more often these days, and what happened to the foreign language IDs?

Melinda mclain from San Francisco -

What Q2 (and also WQXR) does with their playlist is the limit allowed by law.

How about an actual schedule of what is on Q2 with times attached. I hear something interesting, but if I don't have my browser open I cannot find out what is was. How does that serve the cause of new music?

Tuckerman Jalet from Stamford, CT -

I live in Central New Jersey. I tried a couple of HD radios to get Q2, total failure. I am about 35 miles from Manhattan.

But I am listening away from the computer on my Droid 2 cell phone. I do not use the Droid "app" for Q2, which does not work for me with Android 2.2.

I stream right from the web site. It is not perfect, but it is mostly very very good, no drop outs.

I listen to Q2 on WQXR HD-2 with a Sony XDR-F1HD tuner. Unfortunately, I am plagued with frequent drop outs of the signal due to WQXR's weak signal in Stamford, even though I am using a roof antenna and an extremely sensitive tuner. Also, it is frustrating to hear something that I like and wish to know more about, go unidentified and/or interrupted by a station identifier and not completed. Playing music without identifying it for the listener is of no benefit to the cause of contemporary music.
Listening to Q2 on the internet is not an option for me.

Accessing Q2 over iTunes (10.1.1) results in a high squeal ever since the latest update. At first I thought it was a John Cage piece I hadn't heard before; but unless he wrote this to the length of a Lamonte Young work, I think this is a malfunction. Irritating because I use iTunes and AirPort Express to "broadcast" to my living room stereo. (I know, there are other other ways to do this, but I prefer iTunes).

Any info on this unwanted development?

Thanks, and I love Q2!!

Can I submit my CD , with the possibility of playing it on your radio station? My cell is 951-961-0664

Well, there are many ways to listen to Q2. It's even on iTunes.

But the only way to know what is being played is to look at the player, or keep refreshing the Playlist page.

That is, if I can't already guess what it is. I've noticed lots of repetitions these days. Seems Golijov's Oceania pops up at least every other week %-)

Cheers.

Richard Friedman MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS from Oakland CA -

I feel your pain. But, I don't know why you are having this problem. I am a Q2 fanatic and zealot and it would just drive me crazy.

Obviously, you are on a computer. I do not use the player on the web site on my computer. Instead, I looked at the Listen Now box, I clicked on Other Formats, and I selected the MP3 link, right click, Copy Link Location, and pasted it into my Winamp player. If I used Winamp for nothing else, I would still use it for Q2.

But, I do use the web site player on my Droid 2 Android cell phone. I bought the phone specifically for that purpose. I just went into Verizon Wireless and said that was what wanted to do, can they find me a phone that would play Q2 from the web site? They tried a couple of less expensive phones, no go. But, the Droid 2 played, streamed Q2 right from the player on the web site. I have the site saved, it is a snap to get it on, in the car, on walks, I even listen in the dentist chair. $200. Just to stream Q2. That's all I can do on the phone besides making calls. I don't even "text". While there is an "app" for Android, even with the 2.2 Android O/S, I cannot use it on my phone, the phone says it is not "supported".

At the Other Formats link, you will also find recommendations for Windows Media Player and iTunes/Quicktime so, give one of these choices a shot, I hope that you have better fortune with one of them.

One annoying thing about this website is that the player always defaults to WQXR.

Specifically, if I go to q2live.org or wqxr.org/q2, the embedded player defaults to WQXR and not Q2.

This can be both confusing and misleading if I'm actually only interested in Q2.

The player on the Q2 page should automatically default to Q2.

Just my $.025

Very nice change from the mundane music found in metro Boston. Thank you for providing this great music.

Wow, just found Q2 (and the White Light Concerts to boot). I had been collecting music like this on my own (the soundtrack of life, the "new classical"), but I'm so glad to find a station that is already doing this. I'll now set up the house with streamed music from your station.

Q2 is off da rocka!

Thank you so so much for finally uniting the new and old music. I always hoped someone would do it ! Reminds me of Tim Page's great show on WNYC. You should bring him back.

You can now have Q2 anywhere, if you have a Droid 2 cell phone, it plays right from the web site pop-up player.

Someone should try an iPhone and report back.

hi my art class listens to you everyday! leave a shout out for mrs.cliffords art class block 4!! thanks

Is it true that you are releasing a new Q2 App for our mobile touch receivers? One that does not cut out the music every few minutes?

If so, how do we access it for loading?

Don Daniels

Work for a school system in southern VA. FINALLY found a station with wonderful music that is not offensive to anyone.Did scare some of my co-workers when on 9/28 you mentioned possible tornado activity!!! When things get hectic, I close office door, put a Hershey's Kisses in my mouth & let it slowly melt while I listen to your station. I call it my 15 second spa moment!!!

I'd like to see a mobile stream soon for Q2, too.

I love Q2. It's become a part of my life.

Listener Services wrote me an e-mail letting me know it's in the works for a Fall 2010 release: a WQXR/Q2 mobile app. - hopefully it'll work on Droid, Iphone/Ipod, and Blackberry devices.

Just hoping all you guys are members of WQXR.

Absolutely LOVE Hope Springs Atonal

O.K. folks, now this is devotion, putting money where mouth is:

Q2 anywhere on my brandy new Droid 2 cell phone. Ear phones on a walk or hike, audio mini-jack in car, whatever.

A friend told me about this stream, and I have been listening ever since! Great to have new and exciting music for a change. And to have a choice.

Just to echo some of the other comments here. It is really wonderful to have something new and exciting to listen to and to hear so much wonderful and unfamiliar music. I do hope you guys survive and thrive.

Q2 is a welcome breath of fresh air in the all too repetitive world of classical music radio. At last, a refuge from Bach Brandenberg concertoes, Beethoven symphonies and concertoes, and everything Mozart! I hope this service endures. Just get a few more announcers so I know what is being played without having to check my computer.

Just recently discovered Q2 and wanted to express my thanks for this rare and wonderful stream of music! This is a service worth supporting.

Robert MacDonald from Los Angeles -

I don't know if you are on a Mac, Linux box, or Windows PC. I will tell you what to do on a Windows PC. If you are on one of the others, either translate over what I said or find someone who can.

Go to your browser(s) (IE, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, any and all)) find the saved cookies, user id's, passwords (in Firefox, go to security), and get rid of any cookies that say WQXR or WNYC. This gives you a fresh start.

If you are using any other browser than IE, still, go to IE go to Tools|Internet Options||General tab||Settings|Viewfiles and delete any and all Temporary Internet files but not cookies which are there as well.. Then go to back and look at what is left, which should be cookies. Scroll these and eliminate anything that says WQXR or WNYC. Careful here, you do not want to delete stuff that is working for other sites.

The reason to go to IE and do this even if you use another browser is that all of the music players include browsers underneath to get you the music, and they all use IE,

Now, if you are on a Mac, you might have the same situation with Safari as I have in Windows with IE.

Hope this helps. Glad you are here, I love Q2, I was a member from here at KUSC, got Alan Chapman's "Modern Masterpieces" started (I think) by continually pestering Brenda Barnes about the lack of more modern faire on KUSC.

If possible, could you wipe my sign-in slate clean?
I have used and tried so many combinations, none
of them work. I think that the only way to get to
the archives is to sign-in (also live concerts.) I am
a subscriber and Nadia Sirota's show is my fav-
orite of them all.
Thanx,
YT, R MacDonald

I've been listening to your station daily here in Vietnam. Thanks for introducing me to some AMAZING music!!!

There's distortion on the right channel of your feed. I spent the last hour under the desk plugging and unplugging cables, only to realise that it's coming from your end. Sounds horrible. Please fix.

Hi
I live in northern Canada hundreds of miles north of NYC. Your online station is the best discovery of the summer. How relaxing and fun it is to have playing.
Thanks

Thanks for the Britten Missa Brevis, Aug 17, 3:25-ish. Brilliant and beautiful.

Nadia SIrota is amazing. Thank you WNYC.

August 3 morning program is perfect.
Thank you!

Compliments for your wonderful music broadcasting. Very nice programs!

Are you losing your signal on the WestCoast (LA)
I've got 2 MacInt MS750 Srvrs and Itunes/Radio/Q2
and lose sound for a second or until I stop and
start the srvr or click Q2 on Itunes.
The problem is frequent and disturbs my listening
to Nadia from 9pm to 1 am.
I don't think the problem is my eqpt. But let me know if there is anything I can do.
Thanx,
YT,
R.MacDonald

Is anyone else having trouble listening online? My audio stream keeps buffering and the cutting out.

This is a new problem that just started July 12 -- I've been listening for months with no problem.

I love Holy Minimalism and am desperate to hear more...

I believe some people don't realize that with the commercialism of the world being as it is, we're lucky to have a classical music station at all.

Also, when you factor in the immense expense of running a station, and cautiously trying to not shy a way listeners who may love the music in general, but are perturbed by creative programs that they don't like for whatever reluctant reason(s), it's not easy please in an atmosphere of cheap.

Donating to WQXR like our creativity and cultural emancipation truly depends on it is the answer.

Don't kill the messenger (WQXR). Contribute and the messenger will deliver fantastic compliments to everyone's musical taste.

Remember, the messenger is you and you are the messenger. Don't kill yourself. Help yourself. Sincerely, Shadeed R. Ahmad (7-4-10)

i am so disappointed that i have very poor reception on my two radios in montclair. my car radio is better than at home. i will no longer donate to wqxr until i get better reception.

Wow! What a shame, The greatest city in the world and we don't have a selection of Classical FM stations. Now we have to settle for PBS support, which now is more piano CDs, and now Talk, and UGH! jazz. I go back to listening since 1959. WhenI woke up to WQXRs greatest announcer ever, George Edwards. What charm and a bubbling personality. he could turn a gloomy day into Sunny one. And I didn't mind a piano selection every so often. But mostly orchestra recordings. But (I think) ever since they imported "The Piano Lover" from the twice failing WNCN, it seems I never heard piano so,too often, And yes I got to the point oh hating it. Also, Sunday morning, I want to hear Classical Music, Not some Church services with some one preaching hot air sermon.

I, too, am disgusted with WNYC for abandoning the music portion of their programming--particularly Terrance McKnight's program.

What happened to WQXR streams on iTunes and via Reciva (which I use for Sanyo internet radio)? Both disappeared in the past two days.

I've been listening to the continuous music from Finland, today. I just love it.

Has Q2 gone all talk? Sunday and now today, Monday May 31, I get talk on Q2. What's going on?

What's going on? I'm hearing BBC off Q2 not the music I'm expecting. Wires crossed/

Tom, You might want to try different browsers. Chrome has some bugs for me streaming, although you don't state what browser you're using.

Tom-

You really need to take this to email, listenerservices@wqxr.org. This blog comment thing will just probably not get it to the right people. Especially, like, I am in New Jersey, I use Winamp they way you use iTunes and I have no problems. Also very few problems reported from around here, Europe, Israel, Iceland, etc.

So, unless you tell them, they won't know, and they really do care.

Re Q2 plan and aesthetic content: 5 stars, superb. One of the few points of light in media's "new music" dark room; desperately needed.

Re Q2 technology base: There seems to be a problem that is defeating this wonderful effort. I live near Tucson; have a DSL connection; use the iTunes browser to successfully access and hold about a dozen radio streams, some at 192k. Yet, Q2's stream is regularly dropped after a few minutes of play. I get the same result if I use Q2's player directly.

This has got to be fixed. The aesthetic goal here is much too important to get this wrong; the Apostles of Modern Music that are played must be heard. If it's a server of insufficient power, or whatever the glitch, get a network expert to fix it. Just as Q2 is timing out on iTunes, listeners will time out, and probably not come back.

Thank you for existing and improving, WQXR. I wearied of listening to the former WQXR with its top-40 mentality. With the Q2 and regular programming, you offer a breadth that was formerly unimaginable and unobtainable. And being online, it's for the world to find. That's unbeatable. Thank you.

When Bill McGlaughlin left this afternoon, Midge didn't mention his glorious "St. Paul Sunday" -- one of the best shows on QXR. I raced to the program schedule and was happy to see it's still there, after all, even at the inconvenient hour of 6AM.

I second Hobart. This is supposed to be a venue for new music. I know it's "500 years of new music, and I do hardly ever hear any generic Classical music, but...

Hi Nadia,

I know it's blasphemy but I hardly listen to Beethoven. Mozart these days - too much fine new music to be discovered and enjoyed. Like the Britten you're playing at the moment.

Keep it up - so nice to have a charming and informed DJ.

Yrs in music,

Hobart

Peter-

Do we have any members in London?

>>RSM

Just wanted to let you know that you have listeners in London. I discovered the station about 3 years ago on an old-fashioned radio in a hotel room in NY but now listen over the internet. I recommend Q2 to all my musical friends in England. Please keep the variety coming, the more obscure the better. We can listen to Beethoven on many stations but what you offer is truly different

Curious...since you moved to 105 I haven't been able to receive you here in Orange County...found you today on FM...have you changed transmitters? It would sure be nice to have access to classical music here in the boondocks again........................

I forgot to say, I am also putting Q2 news into a new blog, "News Bits-Quick Hits-Music", at http://musicsprings.wordpress.com. These are single item bits, with some links, graphics, whatever.

I did not want to put this stuff into "Whither Public Radio and serious music" (http://richardmitnick.wordpress.com). I want that to fremain for larger more complex issues.

I do not like it when Alex Ross or Kyle Gann do it. I get all this stuff in RSS feed, I see Alex has something, I'm hope it will be big, and it's one word with a graphic.

So, I hear a newsy item on Q2, or see it on Q2, or there is new cool new video, like Polygraph Lounge, I put up a post.

Aha! I see that I am already a fan, I found myself in the list. I guess I just have not seen too much lately; but I do remember getting stuff.

It's important, because I do a little copying and pasting, get a graphic, and turn it around, with full attribution, and re-post it to my page so then it spreads - as far away as Los Angeles.

I do the same thing with Innova news.

Otherwise, you know, you're just preaching to the choir.

I see that WQXR now has a Facebook application. But I also see that it is apparently only for the 105.9 station and seems not to include Q2.

It would be great if Q2 also had a Facebook application.

Thanks WQXR, I listing this radio since moved to Texas 8 years ago. Finally i found steam radio.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, I am so glad Victoria said it and not me. I have already been negative enough.

I do not know if we would agree on anything else, but, thanks Vicotria.

Please, this Jacob TV may be interesting but enough is enough. Hours and days of this is sickening.

What happened to Q2?? No station explanation. Left with WNYC AM!!!

Hello! Yes, what has happened to the Q2 feed!?

What has happened to the Q2 internet stream? Whether using the station player on the website (with IE or Firefox) or saved links in my internet radio player, all I get is WNYC (AM, I think) but definitely not Q2. This has been going on for the past couple of days.

Please say that this is just a case of someone getting their wires crossed!

Why cant I hear q2 anymore

Now that you are no longer beholden to advertisers why not resume SaintPaul Sunday Morning programs to a better hour than 6 to 7 AM Sunday morning . It used to be daily at 7 PM ( perfect for pre dinner listening ). During your recent fund drive I contributed in the hope that commercial considerations will no longer drive programming .

B. LATUCHIE - EDISON NJ -

Advance play lists are no longer legal for WQXR.
WQXR had enjoyed a "grandfathered" status on this based upon the legal code. When WNYC bought - and saved the existence of - WQXR, since WNYC did not have this status, WQXR lost it.

Here is the code:

U.S. Code Title 17 Chapter 1 Sec 114(d)(2)(B)(ii)

"(ii) The transmitting entity does not cause to be published by means of an advance program schedule or prior announcement the titles of the specific sound recordings or phonorecords embodying such sound recordings to be transmitted"

and (C)(ii) "the reansmitting entity does not cause to be published, or induce or facilitate the publication, by means of an advance program schedule or prior announcement, the titles of the specific sound recordings to be transmitted, the phonorecords embodying such sound recordings, or, other than for illustrative purposes, the names of the featured artists, except that this clause does not disqualify a transmitting entity that makes a prior announcement that a particular artist will be featured within an unspecified future time period..."

As a WQXR (and W2XR) listener for the past 65 years, I've always appreciated your music output. However I've always planned my listening with your advanced playlist which you have discontined. As a result the only time I listen is when I'm driving and at home I now listen to my CDs. This is to bad because reception is good here. Now you're asking for contributions. No! Resume the advanced playlist and I'll contribute!

I think that Q2 is on HD. I cannot get it 35 miles from NYC, I tired an HD Zune and another. But, you should be able to get it.

I used to listen to the Q programming as "500 Years of Modern Music" on a sub channel of WNYC on a HD radio. With the merger, WQXR and its sub channel (WNYC-2) simulcast WQXR programming. The Q programing was moved to the internet. Lately I've been hearing snippets of the Q programming on WQXR-2, an over-the-air sub channel of WQXR.
I hope this is a test of an eventual Q-programming sub channel.

I just discovered your stream through the "Classical" tab on NPR.org/music, and I have bookmarked you for the longhaul. I love that your player lets me toggle between 105.9 and Q2 (Q2 gets more of my attention, but I love having easy access to either), and also that the text displays what's on tap. So simple yet so many streams don't provide this.

So thank you, in short, for being awesome. You're making this Wisconsin resident's life (and daily soundtrack) a better place.

Glenn-

First, thanks so much not only for listening but for coming through to comment. It is nice to know that WQXR is reaching around the globe via the internet.

But, I wonder if you are listening to the Q2 stream, or the 105.9 stream from the FM station. The FM station is pretty traditional Classical music. The Q2 stream, web only, is more eclectic, more "new music", edgier, may I say hipper.

You are somewhere around 5-7 hours ahead of us. 12:00noon our time, on Q2, you will hear the very bright and knowledgeable Nadia Sirota with pretty much themed programming for four hours. These days, it is atonality.

Come back and tell us if that is what you are hearing.

If you are hearing hosts at any other time, and more normal traditional Classical music, you are catching the other stream. There are comment pages for that stream.

Again, thanks for listening. Tell your friends.

And, hey, send money. Join up. This is Public Radio. WQXR is owned by WNYC, an acronym for We Need Your Cash (shades of Mary Daley and good old times)..

It has been a pleasure.

Hello, It's possible that when I listen to your station it's nighttime or early morning there in N.Y. and that you want to play easier music for night time listeners. Here in Europe I listen between 9:00 in the morning till 6:00 in the evening, and find your programing very safe and miss stronger pieces. When I first started to listen this was not the case.... so you loose me around 11:00 in the morning here when I go back to putting on C.D.'s. Just some thoughts..... All the Best Glenn

I am recently retired. I worked w/o a provision for
retirement (IRAs don't last). I don't have family-I am surrounded by a Confederacy of Dunces. Since Caleb Berhens first Monday, I have clung to
"Nadia Sirota on Q2" like a rock. 9p.m. to 1a.m. PT.
I have been committed to Contemporary Classical Music for maybe 10 yrs. But Nadia's show is my most important thing. The dogs, the girlfriend are
asleep, the household is in order and I just sink into
the couch and drink it all in. Thank you Q2, thank you, Nadia. YT, Robert MacDonald

I appreciate the comments here especially Richard S. Mitnick, a true believer in today's world hearing/seeing what TODAY'S ARTISTS are striving to communicate. My own case is that I am both a Wagnerian heldentenor (www.WagnerOpera.c om) and composer of operas using Shakespeare's own texts in single protagonist format. Shakespeare, with the connective text written by me, describes his contemporaries and in 23 "arias" following a critique of the preotagonist in the play, in Shakespeare's own words delineate the character, the situation and the plot to evolve. The plays protagonists appear in the opera in the sequence of their authorship dates. My two operas are "Shakespeare" and "The Political Shakespeare". I have sung the title roles in the American or world premieres of operas by George Antheil's "Vplpone" (Mosca), Prokofieff's "The Gambler" (title role of Alexis) and Marc Blitzstein and others. My four solo concerts in the main hall of Carnegie Hall, the Isaac Stern Auditorium, have representation by 37 complete selections on my website www.WagnerOpera.com, downloadable, of course at ":Recorded Selections" from the Home Page. Ken Lane, director, Richard Wagner Music Drama Institute

Hey Peter-

What is your site?

Certainly one of the best stations listed among 160 others on my site!

Done, and thanks.

I want to be able to keep listening to to Nadia's program when I leave my computer. So, I tried two HD portables, one from Insignia and a new HD Zune.

I am 35 miles from Downtown Manhattan in Central New Jersey. Neither portable that I tried could pick up the HD channels from either 93.9 or 105.9.

Can I get some help? Does anyone know about any portable HD radio players that will work 35 miles from Manhattan?

Not only Otto's. KUSC, also, and others I cannot remember.

I think maybe wnyc2 did have the content stream into my player, Winamp.

I mean, you know, I know it's on the web site; but that means I have to click over to my browser, while I am working, as opposed to glancing at my player.

I liked WNYC2 - now I like Q2 - state of the radio art. I would like, however, to see title and performer info displayed on my media player, as it does elsewhere, like Otto's Baroque, just to mention an example.

Hungarian born american conductor
passes away on Jan. 16, 2009

I was disgusted when WNYC abanoned music programming, and considered it a breach of faith, after the City sold the WNYC foundation the licenses at below-market value.

Since 105.9 is barely audible, as far as I'm concerned the only serious music on the radio in NYC now is the classical and jazz at WKCR.

However, I will give credit where credit is due. The Q2 webstream is quite good, and is one of my regulars.

Thanks for getting Nadia Sirota back to host again. Perhaps, eventually you'll even consider giving her a show when the ghouls aren't lurking.

A suggestion- For subscribers, could you give us a "favorite" icon as well as the "buy" and "comment" links on the Playlist page? Then we could access stored names of interest at a later date to investigate and buy?

Thank you for providing an alternative to mainstream classial music. It is wonderful to be introduced unfamiliar pieces.

Why is it that I don't hear the music of Joseph Bologne aka Chevalier de Saint-Georges on your station? He was a contemporary of Mozart's and he wrote some extraordinary music. Is it because he had African blood, or what? I'd really like to know.

My prayers have been answered! 2010 will be a brighter year with Q2. Thank you.

My prayers have been answered! 2010 will be brighter with Q2. Thank you.

Is the Alan Gilbert who has recorded spots for Q2 the new Maestro of the New York Philharmonic?

If so, I think it is quite a compliment for Q2 and speaks to its importance as a venue for New Music.

Please create a separate Donate to Q2 link so that you folks can know that there are people that LOVE the music being played here and value people like Terrance and Nadia like the invaluable and precious resource that they are. Please also consider creating a counter that tells fellow listeners how many others are listening to Q2 at any time.

I know you have to cater to a wide variety of listeners, but can you cut back on the barogue music and play more music that I never hear on your station. Such works as JOSEF SUK'S: Symphony in E Major, Opus 14 GIAN CARLO MENOTTI'S: Violin Concerto and Piano Concerto DING SHAN-DE'S: Long March Symphony JEAN SIBELIUS: Symphonies No. 4 and 6 BRAHMS/SCHOENBERG: Piano Quartet No. 1 In G Minor, Opus 25 Getting back to MENOTTI, how about the SEBASTIAN BALLET SUITE the Leopold Stokowski recording with the NBC Symphony Orchestra.

I have more requests, but I think this is enough for now. I get excellent reception of WQXR and I won't abandon you. Take care and all the best for 2010.

Best Wishes,

Fred Garrison

Jean-Marc Scanreigh-

Bon Jour (that's all the French I have, except the Louisiana Cajun motto "Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulet").

Welcome to WQXR/Q2, where is presented an eclectic mix of "the fearless music we crave", the wine to the arts scene of New York City. The stream is at 128kbit stereo, suitable for international consumption and competition with peers.

Please tell your friends of your discovery.

With the caveat that is the first time I'm listening to wqxr-q2, I note that most of the contemporary selections played do not seem, to be longer than 22". I look forward to further listening here; however, there are other fine contemporary classical streams available through LIVE 365 such as one called Contemporary Classical which features full-length works of over one hour often as well as another called French Contemporary Classical et alia. They stream 24/7 also.

Hello from Nîmes in Languedoc (France)
And "vive 2010 " for your music station!
Sc

Steve Reich's compositions are simply too repititious. When I hear his music, I switch to another classical station.

I listen to Q2 on the internet , truly the best music station of all time. It's great to hear a station that's not afraid of modern music and has such creative programming. Great work and thank you, I enjoy it so much.

I am a New Yorker who has lived in Colorado for the past 20 years. I am listening to Q2 over the internet from Broomfield, Colorado . I feel extremely lucky to live Colorado and to listen to music from NYC.

Listening to modern music although painful at times is very interesting.

thanks

Why isn't Steve Sullivan listed among your hosts? Over the last few months he's been on "Overnight Music" just as much or more than Helga Davis, whom you do list. Further, he's been a host at WQXR for years! NOTE: I am not related to him (save through Adam and Eve) nor have I ever met him or seen his picture. As a financial contributor, I want you to acknowledge Steve officially because he is a credit to the station. By the way, thanks for making him and WQXR-105.9FM clearly available in Madison, NJ

BH-

Q2 is the re-named wnyc2, where there was considerable content of New Music; but which was never limited to new music. There was always as there is now a mix.

wnyc2 had two mottos: "500 years of new music" and "non-generic classical music". While the Appasionata is not exactly "non-generic", it is not often played. It certainly would have fit well on wnyc2.

Why is Q2 playing Beethoven's Appasionata this morning? Isn't Q2 supposed to be a station for all-contemporary orchestral music? That's what I loved about Q2!

Don't misunderstand me please -- it's not that I have anything against Beethoven. His music is wonderful to be sure. But for Beethoven and other pre-modern composers we have WQXR along with many other outlets and means of listening performance...?

Thank you WNYC! I love Q2 -- there's nothing like it in New Mexico. I have one problem -- I can't seem to pick up Q2 on the squeezebox. There's a station listed as Q2 on 105.9 but it does not play the same music as what is playing via the browser's popup player on my computer. Can anybody help?

Question for Bob who says he will stream QXR through his regular speakers once he gets the correct cables. I live in CT, beyond the current 105.9 range and the only reception I get is via the computer stream. I have gotten a wireless speaker that I can move around the house, but have loads of conventional speakers. Is there a way to hook them up to the computer stream? Thanks.
Jack

Yes even though WQXR cannot reach certain destinations throughout the Tri-State area, I'm still fortunate to get it on my radio clear as I live in midtown Manhattan.

I also often sometimes wished when WQXR not only moved from 96.3 to 105.9 FM, as well as moving their offices from 122 5th Avenue down to 160 Varick Street, they should have taken down or switched their transmitter antenna of 96.3 over to their Varick Street offices and the 105.9 transmitter of what was the former Spanish format over to the 122 5th Avenue location. Those transmitters should have been switched.

I'm also glad at least they're able to still broadcast 103.7 FM and 96.7 remotely from the Poughkeepsie and Asbury Park areas.

Hey jabur-

Wow- you are in Brazil, I live in New Jersey, but I am this day in California, we can both listen in 128kbit stereo.

If you stay with us, you can join. Just check the website.

Thanks, WQXR, and thanks WNYC.

Happy Thanksgiving to all in the USA.

>>RSM

It's a lovely site, unique, good quality. Thanks from Brazil!

I have just discovered Q2, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Bravo! I've been exposed to small helpings of modern classical music over the past 5 years (and became a fan of Philip Glass, Arvo Part, and a few others). I've long been a fan of New Sounds, but that requires more active listening and only lasts an hour a day. Suddenly it's like I'm drinking from the fire hose. Thank you!!

One small request, echoing Christopher above: it'd be great to have track information come up in iTunes radio stream. I keep having to check back to the website to find out what I'm listening to.

To George Morrison (previous post):

No, it is not a simulcast. (Right now Bill McLaughlin is on QXR and New Sounds is on WNYC 93.9,

If you have a computer, you can go to either the QXR website or the NYC website and click on the Listen button. It opens a small window on your desktop and allows you to switch among all four choices.

I too cannot get decent reception even though I live in Manhattan. I am going to run the computer stream through my regular speakers (once I get the right cable).

Bob

I have on two occasions tried to get clarification from listener services: Is the HD 2 service on 93.9 FM a simulcast of WQXR on 105.9? (and not Q2) If it indeed is a simulcast, and at an acceptable streaming rate, then many of my friends in my suburban location could once more enjoy at home and perhaps in their cars, the WQXR they can no longer reliably receive on 105.9

We could use some guidance regarding brand name and model numbers of HD tuners and home and car radios as to price and performance in your 93.9 and 105.9 service areas

BH-

Hooray!! At least some of us are happy with Q2.

Christopher-

Q2 is the re-named wnyc2. When wnyc2 was being built, I told George Preston I would complete a US$500.00 pledge if we could get a crawl of what was playing that I could see in Winamp, or you could see in iTunes.

I do not think that this was ever accomplished.

I know it is possible because I do get this kind of crawl when I click on WPRB, Princeton, NJ.

But, that was when we did get the "What's Playing" on the WNYC web page, succeeded by the "WHAT'S ON NOW" on the WQXR web page.

So, it's not perfect. but it's way better than nothing.

This is really fabulous. All new music, all the time. Thank you WQXR!

i'm listening to Q2 through iTunes. would be great if song information would stream as well.

Barbara Appelbaum-

Barbara, this is what Q2 is all about. It is the successor to the wnyc2 stream, where especially new music is more a norm than an extra.

Joel-

Re: what's playing on Q2, there is a running playlist on the web site.

My error. Performers of the Bach Coffee Cantata are listed. But I would also like to plan for future listening. Play lists in advance would be welcome.

Q2 sounds fine on 105.9 HD/2 but I want to know what I'm hearing. Earlier today I bumped into an interesting recording of Bach's Coffee Cantata, but whose performance? And I need a play list to avoid what I don't want to hear.
Daytime listening to WQXR is in danger of becoming "easy and restful listening, classical light." How many times do we need to listen to the slow movement of the Samuel Barber string quartet, and then repeated as a massed string version, and then again as aranged for mixed chorus?

Maureen Traub-

Maureen, to which stream are you listening/ the 105.9 FM stream, which is 32kbit mono, or the Q2 stream, which is the old wnyc2 stream, at 128kbit stereo.

On the 105.9 stream, you will hear all of the announcers and traditional Classical music. On the Q2 stream, there are no announcers and you will hear more of the modern works.

Please let us know which one.

>>RSM.

My reception is in and out, but my bigger complaint is about the music - on radio I get a steady stream of the chestnuts of classical music - the Barcarole from Tales of Hoffman, Fur Elise, and all that - while on Q2 I get John Adams. Could someone tell me what the phrase "new music of the last 500 years" is supposed to mean?

To all of those who are having difficulty with your listening, I have a suggestion.

I am a loyal listener and contributor to WQXR from Milwaukee, WI.

I'm having no problem w/the new station but I listen on HD Speakers that are connected to my desk-top computer. I haven't tried the speakers on my laptop, but I do know that you can also connect the very small speaker system to a laptop.

I purchased the HD Speakers, for about $50 from Dell. I don't know if this will help any of you, but maybe it's possible that the new station has more advanced technology, which would be better suited to HD Speakers.

I do know that I was unbelievabally impressed with the difference that HD Speakers made to the sound quality of my computer, even before the switch on WQXR. I couldn't imagine that they won't improve your listening pleasure, regardless of what you're listening to.

Hope all of you contine to get the beautiful music that I so frequently enjoy!

Sir-

You are in the wrong Comments page. This page is for the Q2 internet stream.

You need to go to either Terrance, or David, or, even better, the WNYC Comments page at wnyc.org

New station is barely listenable in Central Jersey compared to the old 96.3 which was crystal clear. You better increase the signal strength or you will be losing listeners like flies (along with their donations).

The Prelude and Liebestod(?) to Tristan- sexiest music ever written.

I concur with the others about how refreshing Q2 is, esp. in comparison with all the other 'all warhorses, all the time' classical streams. I also commend you for fixing the playlist glitches that WNYC2 had -- I can always see what piece I'm hearing now. A slight caution, though: I'm starting to feel like I'm seeing/hearing the same composers over and over (Rautavaara, Adams, Reich, etc.). I seem to recall WNYC2 having broader reach, and certainly there are boodles of other folks out there composing interesting music. Keep your (and our) ears open!

As a long-time listener and occasional volunteer at WNYC, I can confirm that Q2 is essentially a new version of WNYC2, conceived as an alternative approach to classical music. The stream has never had live hosts -- a strategy to keep costs down -- but the real-time playlist is available through interconnected websites: q2.org,wnyc.org, wqxr.org.

If you're in the New York area, you can hear Terrance McKnight host two hours of Q2 music on WQXR, 105.9 FM, every Saturday at 10:00 PM.

Terrance is also hosting some of the WNYC public events; info at WNYC.org.

The four streams now offered by WNYC may not be the ideal for all listeners. But they try to cover a wide range of tastes, and if you're talking about classical music or serious concert music or whatever you call it it's the only game in town. Give them props or, preferably, cash, or see it disappear.

For anyone concerned enough with the kbits at Q2, the only player that I know that reports such data in Winamp, at http://www.winamp.com . The player is free. There is a paid Professional version.

>>RSM

Ah, Q2,safe at 128kbit. Thanks, I can stop screaming about Q2.

Now I only have to SCREAM for 128kbit on the 105.9 stream, on the other Comment pages.

Thanks.

>>RSM

Q2 is now listed in iTunes, and no longer under WNYC-2. Q2 will also continue to stream at 128kbps, as shown from the website and internet stream aggregators.

I am in the Bronx and I cannot hear your new station.
End of WQXR this is very regrettable.

Chris-

Not yet. Winamp is still reporting 128kbit stereo 44,100 mhz. But, even though they are calling it Q2, it is still being introduced as wnyc2.

So, maybe there will be a change. But WE CAN NOT TOLERATE 32kbits. NOT ON Q2, NOT ON THE WEB STREAM FOR 105.9!! NEVER!! NOT EVER!!.

WNYC had wnyc2 at 128kbit, and the web stream for 93.9's music 7:00PM-5:00AM at 128kbit.

WE MUST DEMAND 128kbit. IF THEY DON'T HEAR FROM US, THEY WILL THINK WE DO NOT CARE.

AM I SHOUTING, YOU'RE DARN TOOTIN'.

>>RSM

Well, now that Q2 is established the old WNYC2 MP3 speed has become the new Q2 speed. They have gone from 128k to 32k, which is hardly enough for speech let alone music.

At this speed I can't see any reason to listen, let alone actually support the station through donations.

The station is so greatly improved without all those horrible commercials! It is a joy to listen to Jeff Spurgeon's wit and good humor every morning. Thank you!

I just found the Comments RSS feed. If I had missed it, my regrets. If you just got it up, thanks.

>>RSM

We need RSS on these comments.

>>RSM

The WNYC website is reportong the Q2 stream at 32kbits. Winamp is reporting it at 128kbit.

The WQXR web site says nothing.

What's the story? Is there a story? Is wnyc2 being taken down from 128kbits to 32 kbits?

This would be an intolerable action.

>>RSM

I loved the service when it was WNYC-HD and it seems just as good as Q2. My only problem is finding the playlists. The new ones are not on the old HD site and, since composers and compositions are never mentioned on the service, it is extremely important to find that information via playlists. Music heard on WNYC-HD has accounted for any number of CD purchases I made. There is music on this service that very rarely, if ever, is played on any other classical music radio stations in the U.S.

Mon 10/19/2009 11:37 am. Not only did I give you a giant donation, I just bought $200 worth of Bach's complete organ works from hyperion, because I got to hear the excellent Herrik on the excellent Pipe Dreams last night! ... So, stop the stupid commercials already! You promised there would be *fewer interruptions* -- they may be shorter but I don't hear fewer. ... Just because they promote your wonderful shows instead of magical skin creams doesn't really make them any better. And loose the news! ... I don't think anybody minds hearing your thoughtful on-air personalities tell us stories about the music they *are playing* or *are going to play*; but I don't need to hear the disasters of the day or what's playing next week, or at least that much of it.

-- best wishes

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Q2 is one of only two alternative classical radio stations I listen to on the web, the other is the KING Evergreen channel in Seattle.

Since 1964 to Oct. 2009 It was my station.
Why you desided to change to another station which is worst for the classical music and only for bad music? Why did you do it? I am terribly say to hear your music.
Evan D at 08889 for 35 years.

I am a long-time WNYC supporter. I would be willing to contribute more for WQXR advance playlists, even if it is only the major selections. Consider a subscription fee for (daily?) playlists in advance, e-mailed directly.

I ditched WQXR years ago because I found it's classical repetoire very conventional and repetitive - classical lite, you could say....when I heard of the connection between WNYC and WQXR I thought I'd check it out again. Perhaps Q2 has been around for awhile and I didn't realize it, having wandered away from QXR, but Q2 is now on air all the time in my house, computer, iphone....Wonderful to hear new music - it does sound alot like NYC2 but whatever - great selection of music, like the listings section for information....QXR still seems like classical lite but Q2 is perfection.

At home I listen on the internet, so no problems there. Via webstream, I can hear West German Classical Radio, out of Cologne, just as well as a New York station. But over the air, there's essentially no longer a classical music station in New York.

The WNYC Foundation bought WNYC AM and FM from the city (meaning the taxpayers) at below-market rate, with the promise that they would maintain them. The gradual abandonmnet of music is now complete, and as far as I'm concerned, this is a violation of the public's trust. Laura Walker and her colleagues should be ashamed of themselves, turning a valuable public asset into just another long-winded talk, talk, talk station, as if there weren't already enough of that on the dial.

Q2 is a great addition to the classical music world. It's great to have a station dedicated to "modern" music. I love classical (and non-classical) music in general, but modern classical is usually considered too outre and is thus ignored. Would you accept programming suggestions? Then how about Max Richter's work? What about Einojuhani Rautavaara? Thanks..

Congratulations on your move; however, those of us who live in Ocean County, NJ and love classical music, we cannot hear the station. I heard unofficially that you traded your powerful antenna to the newcomers who now occupy station 96.3 FM while you took their less powerful broadcasting equipment. I truly hope that you will increase or augment the broadcasting signal so that all of NJ can enjoy 105.9 FM. I would also like to be able to listen in my car and in my home, and I can't due to poor reception.

Thank you.

Mimi Mansky

Very poor reception to western Suffolk County in car and at home. It is basically static with an extremely faint background of music. Makes me want to cry. However, Q2 on the computer is great and I like the playlists at Q2live.org.

No reception here either. Is anyone reading these comments, and if so, is anything going to be done to remedy the situation? The zip code is 10549, Mount Kisco, NY.

In addition to reduced signal strength, I notice a sudden emphasis on older CD's? If it is a rights issue, you should note that KUSC in L.A. has no problem playing very recent CD's. So why can't WQXR do the same?

Sadly, here in Somers in the very northern reaches of Westchester County, the new 105.9 signal is marginal at best. In the car it comes and goes to the point of being un-listenable. Please work on boosting the signal or relocating the transmitter. This is a sad and major loss.

Very, very disappointing. I live in mid Nassau county and the reception is absolutely horrible. This cannot be what was intended by the move...

I'm in zip code 10590. Essentially no signal for WQXR. I'm completely disappointed! I believe H. Felton is correct. This is the end game. WQXR can not survive where it is on the dial. It will be quickly abandoned (combined with 93.9). Sorry to see it go. In my opinion the music programming on WQXR was far superior to WNYC. I intend to reconsider my ongoing pledge to WNYC if something is not done to save WQXR. Perhaps other supporters of WNYC should consider joining me.

I live in the Upper West Side of Manhattan and cannot get any reception at all. Can anything be done about this?

We miss the rebroadcasts of old editions of New Sounds featuring John Schaefer. What happened to it?

It is what it is . Why ,suddenly the change of frequency? Changes are not always welcome. I'm really surprised that the change was no announced,unless I missed the announcement. Welcome back "WQXR"

Did you know iTunesdoesn't put out WQXR under classical but WNYC2 is there? Maybe this is a temporary glitch, bur WQXR used to be a favorite internet station.

I agree with Jamie; this is not only the best internet radio stream, it's the best classical radio station, I believe, in the world, for both new music and old. My CD collection has grown by a factor of 10 since I first discovered it a few years ago, and continues to grow.

(And I have to say, I completely panicked today when I browsed to the WNYC homepage and saw that WNYC2 was no longer listed in the left-hand column. I really don't know what I would do without it.)

Comment: Why do you no longer use hosts? I know times are tough economically, but the commentary that they provided was exceptionally good. Perhaps with the re-formatting you plan on bringing some of them back?

Overall, though, great work -- and again, what really makes this station so unique amongst the broader array of "classical radio stations" (and institutions -- you know who you are!) is the incredible breadth of music that you play; keep it up, no matter what.

Please consider streaming the artist's name and song title so those of us with internet radios (I have a Grace) can see it on the console. KCRW, for example, tells you what you're listening to. It's half the reason for listening to new music -- so you can get a bit of an education. As it is the console says I'm listening to WNYC, 93.9, New York Public Radio, followed by "128 kbps" and "mp3." Isn't "93.9" superfluous on an internet radio, and am I the only one who doesn't care to know the streaming rate?

If numbers mean anything, I thought I'd add one more comment to this post.

Yes, it's very disappointing. For years I've enjoyed listening to WQXR at home and in the car. The reception at the new frequency ranges from barely acceptable to "forget about it and just change the station," it's so bad.

Reception in the car is a little fuzzy. Reception in the the kitchen is not possible - nothing but static. I will miss it. I guess it's just me and the CD player from now on. I hope the Times spent the money wisely when they sold the quality (and sold out the listeners).

Misery. Absolute Misery! I work in Norwalk CT (45 miles away from the transmitter) and although I can pick up the new 105.9 signal, it is overshadowed by a Hartford rock station that is 71 miles away! The other day I heard Mozart interrupted every few serene measures by Def Leppard singing "Love Bites." Sure I can listen on my computer, but since I spend so much time in my car, that doesn't help. Can they maybe be picked up by XM or Sirius???

It looks (and sounds) to me like this is simply WNYC2 renamed, which is good b/c it was, by far, the most interesting radio station on the internet. EXCEPT I hope the new Q2 will do a better job of posting all the music played. I was continually exasperated when I looked up a piece I really loved and couldn't find it, even after the fact.

Forgive me for being dense, but how do I get the eclectic Q2 stream? I can't find the link.

Pretty unhappy until I get it fixed but I live in Princeton and New York. No problem with the signal, terrible in Princeton (Mercer County) and since I just purchase a brand new radio from Bose and the computer is in the downstairs home office, have no intention of buying a NPR Internet radio for $200. Guess I'll have to call the radio engineers @ Bose for their inputs, your engineers, no help and/or settle for WWFMT and the Chicago programming. Feeling as if I've lost a friend for half the week!

I feel totally abandoned, not to mentioned - as a devotee of modern classical music, trashed. I live in Millbrook NY and always felt blessed to receive WNYC and your wonderful music programming which treated classical music as a living entity rather than a museum installation. I can recieve niether 105.9 nor the WXQR repeater 103.7. So much for membership support. What a farce. As though what the world needs is more talk radio.

I live on the upper west side of Manhattan. OTA reception is poor in stereo, acceptable in monaural. The stream is a shame for our kind of music at 32K. Not only the bit rate, whoever supervised the Mahler 3rd broadcast was a murderer. (Perhaps it was agc?). I downloaded the broadcast to my computer and then luckily found that the Philharmonic had a listen-again feature offering the Mahler 3rd for one week. You would not believe the comparison. Actually, I was in Avery Fisher for the performance and could listen to this performance forever. Thanks, Philharmonic. Boo WQXR.

I enjoy the music selection much better but the reception is absolutely horrible!!! I am located in 11362, which is about 15 miles or so outside the city with an advanced hi fi tuner and antenna setup but to no avail. Do they plan to address this situation?

I miss the hourly news report at the old WQXR, would you please put it back?

32K feed and it definitely shows (or whatever the audio equivalent is). I use iTunes to listen, and switch sometimes to other stations (gasp!). If I use the pop-up player from your site, the sound quality is "fine" but you are streaming a "poor" 32K as Mp3 into iTunes. I can only assume you are using a higher rate for your own site. And I would rather have all my stations in iTunes rather than keeping a browser player open. Could I? Yes. Just rather not.
I've had WQXR in my life since childhood and it pains me think I may stop listening, especially after a move away from NYC leaving me only the internet option. Please consider upping your bandwidth on the Mp3 feed to at least 96K as it was before the change.
I had let my membership to WNYC drop when I moved and was considering rejoining in support of WQXR (music) programming. But please give me a decent quality sound in return!

very poor reception on radio.
I don't use the internet as a substitute, so I'll
listen to 99.5(wbai).
If the management of 105.9 wants to charge I am not paying to listen to classical music.

WNYC executives knew before the frequency swap that the 105.9 signal is extremely weak and virtually unlistenable throughout the NYC area. Yet you have no announced plan to upgrade the signal.
Thus, I'm guessing WNYC has a hidden agenda. At some time next year, I believe WNYC will announce that since so many listeners have complained they now find WQXR unlistenable, and thus won't pledge to pay for it, you are moving it to the internet, perhaps calling it Q1, and then selling the 105.9 frequency.
Otherwise, why would WNYC have accepted a low-power frequency in trade for 95.9, a full-power franchise?
In any case the WNYC Foundation and the NY Times deserve condemnation for teaming to end free classical radio in NY.

In my apartment in Manhattan, I'm having trouble getting the station signal without significant interference (though I have no trouble with WNYC-FM and had no trouble with the old WQXR frequency.)

I'd simply listen to the online stream, but it is a very narrow 32kbps -- free of static, but hardly high quality. Ditto for the Q2 stream -- if you're a news station 32kbps is fine, but you really need 128kbps for music. The weird thing is, WNYC is currently streaming at 128kbps even though it barely plays any music any more at all. Someone's got a twisted sense of priorities.

I used to get a clear resonant transmission from 96.3. On 105.9 the signal seems compressed, and lacks resonance. I have a great receiver, and am getting a full strenth signal. I live just outside Morristown, NJ, approximately 30 miles from New York. What in the bandwidth or the equipment has changed?Listening on the internet with $50 speakers sounds better than on my expensive hi-fi equipment. Also I miss the daily "quiz"

105.9 does not reach me in Northern Westchester so I opt for Q2 on my computer but many of the recordings are unidentified; moreover I cannot find a pinted schedule listing said music.

It appears that Q2 is simply WNYC2. Is this the case?

Also, I greatly enjoyed Terrence McKnights evening music program, formerly on WNYC and now on WQXR. Unfortunately, I am unable to receive a clear signal on my FM radio and will have to listen on the web. What is the URL for this web stream? I have been using iTunes for playing streams.
Thanks

I can't get your signal anymore either in my home (attic antenna) or in the car in West Islip. There is a lot of bleed-over from other stations interfering with the reception. Can you suggest another radio that eliminates bleed-through? Will you have a second repeater frequency for eastern Long Island, as other stations do?

Listening via iTunes:

It's actually easy, though not documented on the site!

In the "What's On Now" box on the upper right, click on the feed you want to listen to: WQXR 105.9, WQXR Q2, WNYC 93.9, or WNYC AM.

Then click on the down arrow next to the "Other Formats" text to the right of the blue "Listen Now" button. Select "MP3".

This will download a pointer to the feed you want. If your system is set up properly, iTunes will launch with the stream. Note that the name of Q2 currently appears as WNYC2 in iTunes.

If it does not automatically launch iTunes, look for the file downloaded (which should have a name like mp3.pls) and double click it.

You can them load other streams.

(The old WQXR stream that you may have is no longer valid. Delete it first!)

Right now, its on

http://wnyc2.streamguys.com/wnyc2

On squeeze, the easiest thing is to use the web interface to tune that url, than make it a favorite.

Reception in Manhattan is awful. I'm close to the transmission but I guess buildings in the way block the signal. Investigating HD radio purchase NOW.

If you are in the NY area, Q2 appears under Local Stations in the Classical Music category under Internet Radio.

Will I be able to connect my cell phone a Nokia e71x to Q2 with having to subscribe to a satellite radio station? The phone uses wireless blue tooth head sets so it has no built in FM receiver that requires the use of a wired headset as the connecting wire also functions as the FM antenna.

What a mess! I've looked everywhere on your new Internet site,Q2, to try to determine if it will still be possible for me to continue to receive your classical music from itunes on my apple. Will I have to move from Phoenix to NYC and listen to your local radio broadcast?

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WQXR Radio:

Q2 is an internet stream with separate programming from WQXR. You will be able to listen to both via iTunes under Radio and Classical or via the pop-out player on the right of all www.wqxr.org pages. Please address any further questions to listenerservices@wqxr.org. Thanks for your support!

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I am trying to find a playlist for the new WQXR to determine if "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera" is stilll on, and if so, what it is. If it's gone (pity) I'll at least not have to set my alarm clock to wake up by 1pm! It would be nice to know!

I was able to listen to WQXR thru a stream in iTunes where it was wirelessly transmitted to my airport express hooked up to my stereo (I live in GA). Will the stream in iTunes continue?

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WQXR RADIO:

Yes, both WQXR and Q2 will be available in iTunes under Radio and Classical. Please address all further questions to listenerservices@wqxr.org. Thanks for your support and keep listening!

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I am VERY,VERY upset..... I can not get a signal from 105.9
My new speakers are also VERY upset!!!
I'm located in Greenwich, Ct. .... on the border of N.Y.

How do I stream Q2 over my Squeeze Box?
Charlie Berkey

From 22 miles out in NJ. Fine reception. The wonderful announcers are back. Excellent choice of music so far. I for one am delighted. Will listen another week or so and then become a member (presuming all continues well). Great to have QXR continuing in high quality.

Just to let you know that I am getting WQXR loud and clear on the internet here in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

jfd

Now that I'm retired, I listen to WQXR the entire day. I'm used to planning my errands around your playlist. I assume from the website and your announcements that you will no longer publish advance playlists, and I will miss them terribly. Although your signal is not quite as strong, I am still able to listen. I guess I'll have to get used to serendipity, or switch to CDs.

I cannot get your signal (105.9 fm) .I live in
Huntington NY

"Q2 puts you in the room with some of the most beautiful music being created today..."

What definition of "beautiful" is Q2 working from? Or rather, how broad is Q2's definition? I ask because I've been a struck by a narrowness in the Evening Music programming relative to the current New York scene. I see a a particular linear historical track having been taken on as fact at WNYC, WNYC2, Q2, et al. If you disagree, I'd love to hear why.

Thanks
cjm