In recent years, entering the glass-enclosed atrium across from Lincoln Center could be a dismal experience, but now that bleak facility is a memory.

Each week leading up to the Grammy Awards on January 31, WQXR will spotlight one of categories in which classical performances are nominated. This week's category: Best Classical Album.

Throughout the month of December, we asked listeners to vote for 50 favorite pieces of classical music. Here are the results.

It was the decade when Luciano Pavarotti died, the New York Philharmonic went to North Korea and Gustavo Dudamel became the director of the LA Philhamonic. WNYC's Soundcheck looks at the decade in classical music and opera.

Continuing a favorite holiday tradition, WQXR celebrates the final hours of 2009 with the Classical Countdown. The Countdown lasts until Midnight, December 31. See a list of the pieces that have already been played.

David Garland hosts a performance of George Frideric Handel's Messiah by New York's Trinity Baroque Orchestra and the Trinity Choir.

In honor of Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday, WQXR is holding a week-long party. Each night at 8PM, we'll play a different Beethoven concerto.

Continuing a favorite holiday tradition, WQXR announces the 2009 Classical Countdown. Vote for your favorite piece of classical music and we'll countdown your choices beginning at 9AM on December 30.

WNYC's John Schaefer talks to the composer about his Pulitzer Prize-winning piece "Little Match Girl Passion" and the story that influenced him.

Elliott Forrest interviews the renowned flutist Sir James Galway on the occasion of his 70th birthday. WQXR presents an hour of conversation and music.

The genesis of some holiday songs is pretty self-evident, but others don't reveal themselves so easily. Here are the stories of fifteen classic songs and carols. 

WQXR is pleased to present special programming throughout the holiday season. Here is a listing of the Chanukah and Christmas music you will hear in December.

This Thanksgiving, WQXR is saying a big 'Thank You!' to all the listeners who participated in The Gratitude Project. We'll be playing your selections throughout the holiday weekend.

Host Naomi Lewin blew away the competition at the second annual WNYC/WQXR Thanksgiving Pie bake-off on Tuesday. She's been kind enough to share the recipe for her winning Black Pepper Maple Walnut pie with us.

In the latest in our series of interviews with WQXR’s hosts, we turn to weekend announcer Elliott Forrest. Even by broadcasting standards, Elliott has an unusually broad resume. Here he tells us about his diverse career.

Austria's Haydn Trio Eisenstadt perform two of their namesake's works on WNYC's Soundcheck.

It’s part Bach, part Hans Christian Andersen and whole lot of New York. The New York Virtuoso Singers performed the choral version of the composer's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion Sunday night at The Greene Space.

This week, Grammy Award winning guitarist Sharon Isbin was part of a day of classical music at the White House. She spoke with WQXR's Elliott Forrest about the experience.

WQXR presents a special, Web-exclusive interview with Robert Spano, Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.