Across many generations, songs of faith have provided composers with familiar themes to embellish.
Daily Schedule
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01:00 AMOvernight Music
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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.
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05:30 AMJeff Spurgeon
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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
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10:00 AMMidge Woolsey
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Midge Woolsey became an announcer at WQXR in 1993. On Jan. 31, 2013, she signed off after her final shift at WQXR. Midge has hosted many television specials for WNET including The Three Tenors Live in Paris and The PBS Millennium project.
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03:00 PMNaomi Lewin
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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.
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07:00 PMA Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood
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A Beautiful Symphony of Brotherhood: A Musical Journey in the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this hour-long special from WNYC, WQXR host Terrance McKnight interweaves musical examples with Martin Luther King Jr.'s own speeches and sermons to illustrate the powerful place that music held in his ...
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08:00 PMTerrance McKnight
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Terrance McKnight is the WQXR weekday evening host. He also hosts the Saturday evening program, All Ears with Terrance McKnight, a show about musical discovery, which was honored with an ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award in 2010.
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- Terrance McKnight
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10:00 PMExploring Music
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Mozart at his Zenith
Exploring Music devotes this week to Mozart’s final years. We’ll explore a stream of masterpieces, including The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, the final symphonies and piano concertos, and his unfinished Requiem.
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11:00 PMOvernight Music
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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.
Go to program: Overnight Music

