Tonight on WSHU - two pieces, from different centuries, both offering a moment of stillness and comfort.Gustav Holst’s Venus from The Planets feels like a deep breath after a long day. Peace by contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery is a quiet, reflective work shaped by hope and healing in uncertain times.Find your moment of calm tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

Is it a love letter? He never came out and said it, but Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto is a monument of personal expression.

Maurice Jarre helped define epic cinema with Oscar-winning scores for Lawrence of Arabia and A Passage to India. He also created quiet intensity in modern stories like Ghost and Fatal Attraction. Hear Maurice Jarre’s wide-ranging film music on Reel Music — Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 6 on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

Before World War I, Edward Elgar’s music often sounded confident and grand.But the war changed him. Facing illness, the loss of friends, and an uncertain world, Elgar turned inward when he wrote his Cello Concerto. Hear Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s moving performance tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

Turn of the 20th century composer Gustav Mahler’s Symphony #2 is about the beauty of life and the afterlife. Hear the final section from his sublime Resurrection Symphony for orchestra and vocalists this morning.

Settle into your evening with great music on WSHU. Tonight, hear the rolling waves of Debussy’s La Mer, the joyful energy of Handel’s Water Music Suite No. 1, and the deep emotion of Coleridge-Taylor’s Deep River. Music perfect for winding down your day. Listen tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

After the snowstorm, I've been enjoying looking out the window on clear mornings to see pinks and oranges washed across the sky. Hear the warm harmonies of Franz Joseph Haydn’s Sunrise Quartet this morning.

Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun wrote Eight Memories in Watercolor as reflections on his childhood in rural China. Some pieces are light and playful. Others are quiet and thoughtful. Pianist Lang Lang guides you through those memories tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

We’ll open the door to peer in the Showcase, music by composer Jeff Scott that displays the best of Seraph Brass, an all-woman brass quintet.

Tonight, the celebration of Mozart’s birthday continues with one of his most joyful works - the Serenade No. 7, often called the Haffner Serenade. Mozart wrote it for a grand Salzburg wedding, and you can hear the festive spirit throughout... from bright fanfares to graceful dances. We keep the birthday party going tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.