Lauren Rico takes us to the enchanting world of Samuel Barber's "Knoxville: Summer of 1915," inspired by James Agee's evocative poem. Barber captures the serene nostalgia of Agee's hometown, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Ludwig van Beethoven might have written his Rondino for Winds as background music for dinnertime conversation, but it sure is delightful to hear. We will listen to it today!

Take a musical journey down the mighty Mississippi with Florence Price as your guide. Her music paints vivid scenes from the riverbanks—from flowing melodies to rich chorales and the calls of birds.

With so much going on in the world, we turn to music for comfort and hope. Emily Boyer shares a beautiful performance by pianist Awadagin Pratt of music by Franz Liszt.

Beethoven’s publishers often gave nicknames to his sonatas without asking him—like Sonata No. 15, also called the 'Pastoral.'

Iranian American composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh wrote Quest about a feeling we can probably all identify with: figuring out if you’re on the right path. We will hear her music this morning.

Robert Schumann wrote his 3rd Symphony at the beginning of his tenure as municipal music director in Düsseldorf. With the town right on the scenic Rhine River, it didn’t take long for the piece to pick up the nickname "The Rhenish."

Four descending notes. It’s just four descending notes that launch the majestic Piano Concerto No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. We’ll hear it in its full glory.

Mark O'Connor is a highly versatile and innovative American musician, known for blending bluegrass, jazz, classical, and folk music into a unique style.

The modern brass quintet was developed long after Johann Sebastian Bach lived, but brass quintets play arrangements of Bach’s music all the time. It works well—they sound like an organ, Bach’s primary instrument.