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NPR Music's classical editor traces the high points of a year spent listening to new albums that offered comfort and confrontation in counterpoint with the relentless world outside the headphones.

Host Ryan Brandau shares some of his holiday favorites, in this journey through the Christmas holiday in music featuring tunes from the Renaissance…

NPR's Don Gonyea talks to comedian Sarah Silverman about her latest special, "Yearly Departed," and the lessons learned from the year.

Luker, who died of ALS Dec. 23, received Tony nominations for her performances in Showboat, The Music Man and Mary Poppins. She spoke to Fresh Air in 1999, 2000, 2013 and 2020.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold is best known for his film music, but on this week’s Sunday Opera (1/3 3:00 p.m.) we’ll hear some of his classical work including…

We’re welcoming 2021 and January on this week’s Dress Circle (1/3 7:00 p.m.) with songs from just a few of the shows that opened in New York in January.…

August Wilson's play "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," about the black woman known as the mother of the blues, now streams on Netflix. It stars Viola Davis as…

Ring in a new year with Jules Verne’s novels of science, progress, and adventure. Enjoy music from “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (Paul J. Smith), “In…

Sounds Choral host Steven Sametz this week welcomes 2021 with choral works, including two New Year's cantatas by J.S. Bach, folksongs and some of Sametz's…