Tune in for a nightly mix that spans the centuries: from full-length operas, oratorios and major symphonies to the latest offerings from New York's vibrant new music scene.

In the 1980s, Rupert Holmes, best known as a pop songwriter, took an unfinished 1860s novel by Charles Dickens and turned it into a Broadway musical that the audience had to finish.

Jeff Spurgeon has been the morning host of WQXR since 2006. He joined WQXR in 1997 and during his 30-year career in radio, Spurgeon has been an announcer, reporter, newscaster, interviewer and producer

With WQXR's live string quartet marathon coming up this Sunday, today’s Showdown pitted examples of Beethoven’s chamber music. We played the winner at noon.

Naomi Lewin is the weekday afternoon host on WQXR, and the host of WQXR’s bi-weekly podcast Conducting Business. Before arriving at WQXR, Lewin was the midday host at WGUC, Cincinnati’s classical public radio station.

Korean pianist Jin Uk Kim is currently a doctoral student at the New England Conservatory. As gold medalist in the 2012 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Kim will make his Carnegie Hall debut Nov. 19 at Weill Recital Hall. On the Young Artists Showcase, we’ll track his progress from the earlier rounds to the final, concluding with a movement from Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4.

Tune in for a nightly mix that spans the centuries: from full-length operas, oratorios and major symphonies to the latest offerings from New York's vibrant new music scene.