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NPR/Franz Joseph Haydn wrote a pair of oratorios that were partially inspired by the oratorios of G.F. Handel, and we’ll hear the first of the two, The Creation this Sunday in a performance on period instruments. -
Lebrecht Music/Corbis/We’re going to begin with some music by Clara Schumann this week before we switch to the more frequently heard music of her husband, Robert. Then we’ll pursue the work of a small circle of their friends and we’ll see where that round robin leads.
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Spearheaded by KEXP in Seattle, WFIT joins radio stations and record stores world wide for #InternationalClashDay
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We began the cycle of all the Beethoven piano sonatas on Mozart’s Attic in June of last year with Number 1 in F minor, Opus 2, written in 1795 when Beethoven was a brash young pianist new to the big city of Vienna.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 on January 27th, and we will observe the occasion this Sunday with lots of music from this most remarkable of child prodigies, musicians, and composers in all of music, who — in a short life — produced a body of work that has delighted listeners for nearly 265 years now. -
On The FlipSide will present its 5th Annual Tribute to the man who fell from earth, David Bowie.
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Say goodbye to 2020 and hello to 2021 with live music from some of the best jazz groups performing today, featuring the Catherine Russell Trio, Pink Martini, KOKOROKO and the Jazz Gallery All-Stars.
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Czech composer Antonin Dvorak is best known for his Symphony from the New World, written during his tenure as director of the new National Conservatory in New York. He was a composer of some distinction with a considerable portfolio to his credit before he was tapped for the conservatory job.
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The classical music world has been celebrating the 250th birthday of Ludwig van Beethoven this year. We’ll observe it this Sunday night on Mozart’s Attic with an all-Beethoven program, culminating in a performance of the ninth symphony by the Berlin Philharmonic directed by Herbert von Karajan.
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By 1804, Beethoven’s formidable output of piano music had slowed considerably. His one sonata of that year was the very short No. 22.He had other things up his sleeve, and one of those was the watershed Eroica Symphony. we’ll hear it this Sunday night — and we’ll hear that short sonata as well, as we work our way through the entire cycle of the Beethoven sonatas.
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It was 1783 and Mozart was living in Vienna. He planned a visit with his new wife, back home to Salzburg, where it must have seemed that everyone was mad at him.
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1802 was a portentous year in Europe, and it was tempestuous for Beethoven as well.
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