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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

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

50 Years After Stonewall, Classical Music Still Fights the Fight

This summer, artists commemorate the anniversary of the 1969 riots. Jun 5, 2019

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

How Well Do YOU Know Classical Music's Trivia Problem?

To paraphrase musicologist Doug Shadle, "the classical music industry trades in the anecdote." What does that actually look like, and what are the consequences? May 30, 2019

Movie Music with Eddie Izzard

Comedian and actor Eddie Izzard joined our very own Elliott Forrest in the studio to talk about his favorite movie music ahead of his upcoming shows at the Beacon Theater. May 24, 2019

Mid-Year Retrospective: Minimal and Maximal is Redefined in Unimaginable Ways

The concerts and operas that left their mark in 2019 (so far) May 23, 2019

Cancel Culture: How We Deal with Wagner in the 21st Century

It’s no secret: Richard Wagner was not particularly fond of non-white, non-Aryan peoples. So how do we square that with his artistic legacy? May 22, 2019