Don't Get Too Comfortable
On this week's All Ears we shake things up a bit with a kind of musical hopscotch. Terrance McKnight explores colorful works produced with movement in mind. Featured on the show is a movement from Paul...
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On this week's All Ears we shake things up a bit with a kind of musical hopscotch. Terrance McKnight explores colorful works produced with movement in mind.Featured on the show is a movement from Paul...
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New Releases by Giuliano Carmignola, Christopher O'Riley & the Cremona Quartet
Editor's Note: You'll notice that we're highlighting three albums this week instead of just one, as has long been our practice. We've decided to expand our Album of the Week feature in order to give...
View ArticleCan an iPad App Make You Love Liszt?
One of the notable takeaways from WQXR's recent Classical Countdowns has been the complete absence of Franz Liszt's music from the annual ranking of 105 listener favorites.Considered the greatest...
View ArticleWagneriana
This week, Reflections from the Keyboard considers Richard Wagner with piano transcriptions of his work written by Liszt, Busoni, Gould and more. We’ll see if you like your Wagner piano-ized instead of...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Cartoons: Rhapsody Rabbit
With Liszt’s birthday coming up this Tuesday, we offer his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 for our Saturday morning cartoon.This piece has been used in "Rhapsody Rabbit," a Bugs Bunny Warner Brother's cartoon...
View ArticleTop Five Pieces to Raise the Dead (or Undead)
It’s not pure coincidence that classical composers wind up on soundtracks to horror flicks and slasher movies. Their music can raise the hairs of listeners even without scary special effects and...
View ArticleIn Studio with Pianist Stanislav Khristenko
Ukrainian-born pianist Stanislav Khristenko first came to our attention as gold medalist in last year's Cleveland International Piano Competition. He made his first Young Artists Showcase appearance in...
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Why Don’t More Classical Musicians Improvise?
Improvisation is a nearly obsolete art in classical music these days. But virtuosos used to improvise all the time. Mozart freely improvised on his own tunes, Liszt would strike up an aria from a...
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In Studio with Pianist Ko-Eun Yi
Korean pianist Ko-Eun Yi comes to the Young Artists Showcase studio for a preview of her Carnegie Hall recital debut. Born in Seoul, Yi began her piano studies at 3-years-old. After earning degrees at...
View ArticleIn-Studio: Kirill Gerstein Plays Liszt's Transcendental Etude No. 12
For most pianists, the day after a major recital typically means rest, relaxation and perhaps, a plane flight. For Kirill Gerstein, it meant Liszt's dauntingly complex Transcendental Etude No. 12. The...
View ArticleAbout Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt was an innovating pianist, composer and conductor — and so popular he was the subject of Lisztomania. Meet Franz Liszt this week on Classics for Kids.Music used within the program (all by...
View ArticleEncore: In Studio with Pianist Stanislav Khristenko
This past fall, the Young Artists Showcase invited Stanislav Khristenko to the studio to show off some of his range through works by Liszt and Tchaikovsky. He also introduced a piece by Czech composer...
View ArticleA Musical Architect
On this week’s Reflections from the Keyboard, host David Dubal takes you once more into the piano music of Johannes Brahms. Dubal explains what happened when Brahms met Liszt and what our classic...
View ArticleFranz Liszt
Firmly poised on the progressive side of the War of the Romantics, Franz Liszt was on the front lines of the battle to usher in a new musical era, an era of radical dissonances, thematic transformation...
View ArticleThe Life of Liszt, Part 4
Tune in at 8pm Thursday as David Dubal continues his series on Franz Liszt. This week, Dubal mines the composer's canon with an eye toward the composers and musicians who influenced him, such as...
View ArticleDoes Hand Size Matter?
It’s a controversial question, one that has taken on presidential implications: is the size of one’s hands correlated to success?For a pianist, the logical answer would seem to be yes.Both Rachmaninoff...
View ArticleListen: Ingolf Wunder Performs Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt
Austrian pianist Ingolf Wunder first gained worldwide recognition at the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland where he won the second prize, as well as numerous awards, including: Best...
View ArticleThe Art of Martha Argerich, Part 3
Continuing his series celebrating the output of acclaimed pianist Martha Argerich, host David Dubal looks at her catalog of works. This week's episode includes works spanning a wide range from Bach to...
View ArticleThe Art of Transcription, Part 1
Host David Dubal begins a four-part series, celebrating works that have been reimagined for the keyboard. From flute sonatas to opera arias and orchestral suites, great composers and musicians have...
View ArticleThe Art of Transcription, Part 4
This week on Reflections from the Keyboard, David Dubal concludes his exploration of classical masterpieces that have been transcribed for the piano. Since the 18th century, composers and pianists have...
View Article5 Classical Music Rivalries That Left Bad Blood
Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. Oasis and Blur. Biggie and 2Pac. Music rivalries have a long history and classical music has seen its share of bad blood. Even though the music makes you feel...
View Article"Perfection in Imperfection": Violist Jennifer Stumm on What Makes Her...
Quick, name your favorite viola concerto. If you’re having some difficulty, that’s alright — it’s an instrument that, at least in the popularity contests, seems to always get the short end of the...
View ArticleIn Her Own Words: Four Phenomenal Musicians on Motherhood and Music
Mother's Day is here. The relationship between parent and child is a strong one, so in keeping with in the spirit of matriarchal celebrations, let's take a look at a few notable classical talents and...
View ArticleMacron's Love of Classical and Commitment to Culture
A politician's cultural tastes don’t have an impact on their ability to lead. Still, we remain curious about what it is they're into. Remember when we found out Pope Benedict XVI’s playlist included...
View ArticleThese Classical All-Stars Had Amazing Stage Presence
Flow — it’s what happens when Kanye gets into his zone. When an athlete catches fire; or when a writer cranks out page after page without a break. It’s a pretty amazing phenomenon that enables people...
View ArticleBrevard Music Center, Part 2
This week on the Young Artists Showcase, we return to the Brevard Music Festival and Institute in North Carolina for more outstanding musical performances from last summer’s season. Tonight, host Bob...
View ArticleWeird Classical: Rosemary Brown's Music From Beyond The Grave
One day, Franz Liszt appeared to a 7-year-old girl named Rosemary Brown. She didn’t know exactly who he was — the composer didn’t give his name — but he did say that he would return with music after...
View ArticleEpic Piano Battles of History
There’s something hair-raising about hearing fantastically talented individuals laying into each other, trying to win over the affections of the audience — the ending rap battles from the film 8 Mile...
View ArticleHow Do Classical Composers Use Folk Music?
Well before the advent of the drum machine or even the piano, there was folk music. These rich musical traditions have been inspiring composers of art music for centuries. Let's whet our musical...
View ArticleComposer, Alchemist, Poet and ... Time Traveler Immortal?
Imagine you’re at a dinner party and out of nowhere comes a complete stranger who seems to know everything about everything, speaks five languages and claims to be immortal.The magnetizing gent you’ve...
View ArticleSeason Preview
This week, Bob Sherman takes us on a musical voyage through the upcoming season on the Young Artists Showcase, previewing artists who will be featured on the show in the coming months. The program...
View ArticleThe Liszt List! 5 Absurd Moments From the Eccentric Pianist's Life
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a celebrated composer and pianist, but at his peak, he was also regarded as a premiere showman. He enjoyed being a celebrity, and as long as attention was on him, he made...
View ArticleWhat Makes the Famous Bach Organ Piece Toccata and Fugue So Spooky?
On New Year’s Eve, 1931, New York City audiences entered theaters to watch the third film from director Rouben Mamoulian, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Even if they weren’t familiar with the content of the...
View ArticleGeorge Li Brings a Scholarly Joy to This Week's Midday Masterpieces
George Li is a pianist on the rise, and ahead of his Carnegie Hall debut on Friday he joined evening host Terrance McKnight for to spread some Midday Masterpieces music. The Tchaikovsky Competition...
View ArticleTristan Teo Performs Masterpieces by Rachmaninoff and Liszt
Join us on the first Wednesday of every month for a free lunchtime concert at The Greene Space. Leave the emails, phone calls and stress behind and settle in for an hour of classical music’s best-loved...
View ArticleHere are the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant Recipients
Join us at 6 pm on Thursday, March 22, as WQXR hosts the just-announced 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipients in an evening of music and conversation at The Greene Space at WQXR.You can watch the...
View Article7 Pieces That Show Poetry and Music Are Better Together
There are so many ways to experience the wonderful combination of music and poetry: reading the lyric qualities of Shakespearean prosody, listening to the tone poems of Strauss and Liszt, melting your...
View ArticleThe Trombone's Wild Path to the Orchestra
In his analysis of Schumann’s Second Symphony, Leonard Bernstein highlights a moment in the first movement that garnered some harsh criticism from not only Schumann’s contemporaries, but from composers...
View ArticleLeonard Bernstein Introduces a Teenage André Watts
Leonard Bernstein introduced a number of notable musicians to a much wider audience via the expanding medium of television — from impressive children like Yo-Yo Ma and Yeou-Cheng Ma to established...
View ArticleNew York International Piano Competition 2018 Auditions
Every other year the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation holds the New York International Piano Competition. Tonight, we're bringing you the top laureates from the 2018 auditions. The program features...
View ArticlePianist Janice Carissa
Tonight on the Young Artists Showcase features a visit by pianist Janice Carissa, a student at the Curtis Institute of Music. She's performing at Caramoor in Katonah, NY, this coming weekend as a part...
View ArticleThe Rock Stars of Classical Music’s Past
They were household names. They were sex symbols. Long before the Beatles, Mick Jagger, and David Bowie were selling out arena tours, Farinelli, Paganini, and Liszt were driving audiences to hysterics...
View ArticleHilton Head International Piano Competition 2020 Laureates in Solo Performance
Tonight on the Young Artists Showcase is an evening of solo piano performances from the top laureates of the Hilton Head solo piano competition, held in March just before the pandemic shutdowns. We...
View ArticleThe Art of Vladimir Horowitz, Part 4
This week on Reflections from the Keyboard, David Dubal concludes his tribute to the titan of the piano, Vladimir Horowitz. From the Baroque to the Romantic and Modern, Horowitz made each piece he...
View ArticleFolk Based Music at Carnegie Hall
Listen live to this episode of Carnegie Hall Live on Thursday, August 5th, at 9 pm. This week's Carnegie Hall Live program focuses on great concert repertoire created from humble beginnings—folk...
View ArticleEncore: iPalpiti Festival of International Laureates
This broadcast originally aired on November 9th, 2016.Each summer, award-winning young musicians from around the world gather in Los Angeles to form the iPalpiti Orchestral Ensemble of International...
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