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WXPNNicholas Carpenter has spent the last decade crafting deeply personal songs that balance humor, vulnerability and heart. -
Lei Hwang/UnsplashAugust 15th is the annual celebration of National Relaxation Day – what a great idea! A special day to ease up, calm down, smooth out a few of those rough edges. So sit back and be soothed and uplifted by music that will help you relax on your day off, including RECREATIONAL French chamber music. It’s on Sunday Baroque this weekend, from 7 am to 1pm on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.
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How do we express affection? Poetry, flowers, longing looks, and the oboe of love. Oboe d’amore, as it’s commonly called, sings with a mellow tone that Johann Sebastian Bach adored. You can hear his concerto featuring the oboe of love this morning. -
The American mezzo-soprano died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 52. Her recordings are still being reissued. The latest is a beautifully remastered version of an album called Handel Arias. -
One of the world's leading Baroque ensembles has a front-row seat waiting for you.Tonight on Carnegie Hall Live, Concerto Köln performs music by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Telemann, and more using instruments modeled after those of the Baroque era. The result is a sound that's vibrant, intimate, and full of surprises.Take your seat for Carnegie Hall Live, tonight at 8 on WSHU. -
We might say that making music is for everyone, though society hasn’t always upheld that belief. Clémence de Grandval was told composing shouldn’t be for her as a wealthy woman in society. That didn't stop her. Everyone has a voice and you can hear hers this morning. -
We share some of our picks for cover songs that are better than the originals, talk about why, and what, exactly, a cover song needs to become a classic. -
Pianist Jon Batiste has been busy. He's offering three new albums at once: one tribute to Mozart and two tributes to Thelonious Monk. -
The New York-based string quartet's new album Rhythm Nation teems with beats ranging from West Africa and Venezuela to jazz standards and Janet Jackson. -
In Haydn’s day, an orchestra typically had two horns. For his Symphony No. 31, he doubled that - and made sure all four had plenty to do. Hear why it earned the nickname “Hornsignal,” today on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream. -
When you think of music depicting the American West, you might think of Aaron Copland's Rodeo. You might not know Portrait of a Frontier Town by Don Gillis, written around the same time. There's more to discover sweeping across the plains this morning. -
Hollywood has borrowed Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony more than once. No surprise - its famous second movement can set a mood like few others. Hear Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, tonight on WSHU, 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.
