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Home renovation is booming. We’ll de-construct the reasons why and look at the hot new trends.

Where will you be during the eclipse today?We'll be right here bringing you great classical music before, during and after. Get in a sublime mood with…

In a video for "Limonium," Brooklyn-based composer Kelly Moran interrupts the stretched piano wire with corkscrews, forking the paths of sound.

A video premiere from violinist Olivia De Prato offers ecstatic music by Missy Mazzoli with an enigmatic take, by director James Darrah, on the evening prayer service.

A Gershwin Roundtable: Porgy and Bess, American in Paris, Cuban Overture What if white baritones began singing Porgy?Join PostClassical hosts Joseph…

Jon Batiste premieres new songs and takes us through some of the many sides of his rich musical history at the Tiny Desk.

If classic jazz has a contemporary voice, it's that of guitarist, vocalist and bandleader John Pizzarelli. He's fashioned an ultra-cool style that's both modern and rooted in the jazz tradition. Here, the John Pizzarelli Trio swings on "Here Comes the Sun" before Pizzarelli and McPartland perform "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning."

Claudio Monteverdi’s last opera is the featured work on this week’s Sunday Opera (2/6 3:00 p.m.). “L’incoronazione di Poppea” was first performed at the…

John McCormack was one of the greatest, most versatile singers of the last century. Not only did the Irish tenor sing famous folk songs like "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," he also was a much-admired opera singer. Commentator Miles Hoffman and NPR's Bob Edwards offer a special St. Patrick's Day retrospective of McCormack's career. Hear samples of Irish folk songs performed by McCormack.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener Dan Dabrowski of Alexandria, Virginia, along with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.