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.

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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.

As WQXR's midday host, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, Midge Woolsey is a steady presence throughout many listeners' workdays. In the latest of a series of profiles on our hosts, we ask Midge about her work as a singer, interviewing Pavarotti, and the difference between radio and TV.

This Thanksgiving, there's much to be grateful for: family, friends, and even in-laws. There's also music. As we prepare for another Thanksgiving holiday, WQXR reflects on Music We’re Grateful For. Find out how to participate.

Alan Gilbert's arrival as music director of the New York Philharmonic has been one of the major stories of the new fall season. Tonight at 8pm, Symphony Hall gives you a chance to decide on how he handles the monumental works of the repertoire.

The Pacifica Quartet joins WNYC's John Schaefer for a live performance on Soundcheck.

Pipa virtuoso Wu Man along with qin player Zhao Jiazhen perform live on WNYC's Soundcheck with John Schaefer, sharing the traditional music of her native China.

Tonight WQXR presents the debut concert by Gustavo Dudamel, the 28-year-old music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The program features Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D Major and the world premiere of City Noir.

The five musicians in this live performance from the Jerome L. Greene Space are the fellows and alumni of The Academy -- a program of Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard School and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education.

An excerpt of Pulitizer Prize-winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis' newly commissioned work, Concerto with Echoes, performed live in the WNYC Jerome L. Greene Performance Space by members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

Fifteen members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra perform a piece by the Russian composer, Igor Stravinsky.  Orpheus will play a work by Stravinsky in each of their Carnegie concerts this season. 

The enterprising pianist Jenny Lin joins WNYC's John Schaefer to perform live on Soundcheck.

David Garland hosts an evening of epoch-defining music from 1924. Recorded live in the Jerome L. Greene space on July 8, 2009.

David Garland, host of Evening Music, offers a glimpse of 1924, featuring epoch-defining music from that year. The Hungarian-born coloratora soprano Martha Eggerth made her debut one year earlier, in 1923, at age 11.

Lorin Maazel discusses his future after the New York Philharmonic on WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show.