Emily Boyer

Lights, camera, soundtracks! Music makes your favorite movie moments come alive, from the orchestra’s thundering gallop in westerns like the Magnificent Seven to the low rumble underscoring Batman that reminds us that Gotham never sleeps. Movie magic today in America 250: The American Experience.

Tomorrow is the first day of fall! With so many orchards in our region, fall means fresh apples. Fiddler and composer Mark O’Connor has a sweet take on the story of horticultural icon, Johnny Appleseed.

From austere opening notes by Jean Sibelius to lush harmonies by Johannes Brahms, from sparkling runs by Antonio Vivaldi to elevated ornaments by Joseph Bologne, take a tour through the many sounds of violin this morning.

Getting going in the morning can feel like a Herculean task. Rise to the challenge with music that takes you to the top of Mount Olympus. Be swept up with beauty and power of Greek gods Apollo, Aphrodite, and Ares in Peter Boyer's Three Olympians.

Pepe Romero was born in Spain and moved with his family to southern California when he was a kid. He became a classical guitarist, like his father and brothers. In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, hear his performance of Tres Canciones Populares Mexicanas by Manuel Ponce.

The Pulitzer Prize in Music is awarded annually to a musical composition. Hear winning pieces like 1945’s Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland and an aria from Omar, an opera that won in 2023 by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels based on a memoir by an enslaved American written in Arabic.

Ready, set, gallop into Monday with the overture to Gioachino Rossini’s opera William Tell, which classic TV aficionados will recognize from the Long Ranger.

25 years ago today, we experienced a tragedy. From music by Johann Sebastian Bach on solo guitar, to a musical memorial by a composer who was teaching in Manhattan on the morning of September 11th, 2001, discover music that offers reflection and hope.

The Chineke! Orchestra is based in the UK, Europe’s first orchestra of primarily people of color. They draw on diverse repertoire from all over, including the United States. Hear their performance of a pioneering symphony from 1932 by African American composer Florence Price.

Maybe you’ve heard of a waltz? You might dance the waltz at a Bridgerton ball. A close relative of the waltz is the ländler. Forget the formality, though! Come as you are to the country pub and stomp along to a ländler by Agathe Backer Grondahl.