Emily Boyer
Morning Music HostWe’re thrilled to introduce Emily Boyer, our new morning classical host. Emily is a musician, music educator and passionate music advocate. Best of all, she’s a lifelong classical public radio listener!
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When Astor Piazzolla received a bandoneon from his father, as a present, he was disappointed. This was an instrument for that old tango music his dad liked. And then he played it, and he was hooked. You can hear Imani Winds perform Piazzolla’s Libertango. -
Thinking about weekend plans? Let the Oracle guide you! Oracle is a magnificent piece by Michael Torke that announces all that’s yet to come! -
Happy National Siblings Day! From current superstar performers the Kanneh-Masons to Romantic-era confidantes Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, you never know when you’ll go from sharing the backseat to sharing the stage! -
Chinese composer An-Lun Huang wrote Saibei Dance about the northern region of China. This region is north of the Great Wall, filled with grasslands and mountains, and the sounds of folk songs that combine Chinese and Mongolian cultures. -
In her twenties, Dutch composer Henriette Bosmans soloed with orchestras and composed her string quartet. Just a few years later, she went against Nazi demands for art and her music was banned. Does that change how we hear it? Listen to decide for yourself. -
Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto starts with the cello alone, playing rich, soulful chords. British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason gives a passionate performance of this pillar in the cello repertoire. -
The excitement and passion of rock music—that’s what British violinist Monica Huggett saw in Baroque music, and she brings that spark of optimism for the future in two performances, including one by Johann Sebastian Bach. -
It’s cherry blossom season! Japanese composer Keiko Abe stood beneath a cherry tree on a breezy day, enveloped in a swirl of blossoms, feeling transported away from the real world. Her Dream of the Cherry Blossoms carries you to this ethereal moment. -
As the weather gets warmer, I think of music for wind instruments, which were essential outdoor entertainment. Clean off the patio furniture, put on your sunglasses, and get in the spirit with a quartet for wind instruments by Gioachino Rossini! -
We’re enjoying the playful side of classical music this April Fools' Day, including Richard Strauss’s consummate trickster, Till Eulenspiegel, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s A Musical Joke.
