WQXR Blog
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Making Mostly Mozart Revolutionary: A Chat with Music Director Louis Langrée
One of the more adventurous programmers in the business talks to David Patrick Stearns about Lincoln Center's annual Mozart extravaganza. Jul 16, 2019
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What Exactly Do Students Learn In Music School?
A peek into the conservatory life. Jul 12, 2019
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Must-See Classical Concerts This July
Notable performances in and out of town this month. Jun 27, 2019
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Stonewall Goes to the Opera: Why? How? Do They Still Throw Things?
Investigating the choice of opera as the medium to dramatize the emotions of the 1969 uprising. Jun 25, 2019
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How (and Why) We Translate Operas
Addressing opera's stigma by making its linguistic element more accessible Jun 21, 2019
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Is Classical the Workout Music for You?
Maybe you want to feel like a Fantasia centaur while you're jogging. Jun 17, 2019
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Musical Love Letters: Dedications By LGBT Composers
To mark 50 years since those history-changing events, we’ve decided to compile a special playlist of musical dedications by LGBT composers in honor of Pride. Jun 7, 2019
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Strauss's Ideal Birthday: How Would The Composer Spend His 155th?
A walk in Central Park, a trip to The Met and, of course, just a little composition Jun 6, 2019
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50 Years After Stonewall, Classical Music Still Fights the Fight
This summer, artists commemorate the anniversary of the 1969 riots. Jun 5, 2019
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How Musical “Battles” Connected Women to the Violence of Civil War
During the Civil War, piano battles played by women in the parlor served as a connection to violence on the front. May 30, 2019
