On Thursday, February 10 at 7:30 p.m., Q2 and New Sounds Live team up once again to bring you a live Web cast from Merkin Concert Hall with WNYC host, John Schaefer. Part of the inaugural Ecstatic Music Festival, this annual world premiere-commissioning concert presents the perennially badass Bang on a Can All-Stars live in concert.

Alisa Weilerstein joins John Schaefer on WNYC's Soundcheck for a live performance of Bach's Cello Suite No. 3, "Prelude."

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

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

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.

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

Concert pianist Jade Simmons performs live on WNYC's Soundcheck with John Schaefer.

On WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, Lorin Maazel, the music director of the New York Philharmonic, and John Schaefer , the host of WNYC's Soundcheck and New Sounds, debrief after the New York Philharmonic's trip to North Korea.