He's known as "the Jackie Robinson of Classical Music." During segregation, he played bass in what became the Colorado Symphony. Charlie Burrell paved the way for other African-American musicians in ...

We’re throwing a party! It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthday! Celebrate with pieces by Mozart sprinkled throughout the day, and then dig into your slice of birthday cake during a full hour of his ...

Peter Heidrich decided to give "Happy Birthday" the classical treatment and composed variations on it in the styles of Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms and many others. We'll enjoy them during our ...

To celebrate the great mezzo's birthday, we republish our Milestones podcast from four years ago It’s four year since I met with the great mezzo-soprano Dame Janet Baker to interview for our ...

Join renowned pianist and host Emanuel Ax for Classical Music Happy Hour: a new podcast full of music, merriment, and conversation. Manny (Emanuel) talks with an eclectic lineup of composers, ...

As the title suggests, it was written as a sequel to Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, and is based partly on the play La Mère coupable by Pierre Beaumarchais, the third and least known of his Figaro ...