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Episode No. 276 of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Virgil Thomson Award winning program Between the Keys is titled “A Higher Calling.” For this program, The…

Continuing our 6th season of broadcasting this program this episode features the music of Tchaikovsky and the very talented students from one of the most prestigious music schools in the world the Manhattan School of Music Sinfonia as led by Rob Kapilow and the program will focus on the Russian Master’s beloved Serenade for Strings. This program was recorded live at the home of ‘What Makes It Great’ Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Music Center in Midtown Manhattan back on April 4th, 2022.

Rep. Cheney spoke on the Women's Suffrage Movement during her closing remarks Thursday and wore the suffragist white color, a symbolism that Sarah Matthews and Cassidy Hutchinson also adopted.

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2016. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

The Classical Network’s Artist-in-Residence Jed Distler rings in 2021 with an eclectic playlist on his ASCAP Deems Taylor/Virgil Thomson Award winning…

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk's new collection is a cabinet of curiosities — surreal, loosely connected stories about the human body, about movement, about two-headed calves and saints' relics.

There are different kinds of fat people in literature — funny or comforting, sometimes despicable. But Sarai Walker's Dietland gives us a new fat protagonist — complex, compelling and dangerous.

Composer Henry Mancini penned some of the most memorable tunes of the modern era, including the Pink Panther theme. On this episode of Piano Jazz from 1985, Mancini talks about his muse (the movie screen) and performs several favorites, including "Days of Wine and Roses."

The latest stack of books from our go-to librarian will transport you to Newfoundland, New Orleans, Sierra Leone, Malaysia, Massachusetts, and the British Isles.

We’re happy to be back at the Los Angeles Opera for this week’s Sunday Opera (10/6 3:00 p.m.) and their production Puccini’s “Turandot.” Although a problematic opera, it has still been popular since its premier in 1926, two years after Puccini’s death.