It’s pretty brave to write a piece of music and put it out there to see if others will be interested. Kevin McKee is a trumpet player and thought he would try composing. Escape is his energetic brass quintet that’s become a huge hit!

When viola da gamba player Hille Perl formed her group, THE SIRIUS VIOLS, she wanted to invite her favorite musicians to work with her in a collaborative and flexible ensemble. This weekend you’ll hear a performance of a SPRING SUITE featuring The Sirius Viols.

Big emotions? Check. Epic battles? Check. Magic, mayhem, and mutant monkeys? Check, check, and King Kong–sized check. James Newton Howard’s soundtracks hit all the right notes—and this week on Reel Music, we’re cranking up the best of them.

Violinist Lisa Batiashvili and cellist Alban Gerhardt team up for Brahms’s Double Concerto—an intense, emotional conversation between strings and orchestra. Fiery, lyrical, and full of heart.

With the college academic year winding down, sights are set on graduation—and its celebrations! Johannes Brahms accepted his honorary doctorate by writing a piece with what he called a “boisterous potpourri” of student drinking songs!

The Chineke! Foundation was created in 2015 by double bass player, Chi-chi Nwanoku. Its mission is... "Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music." Hear Roderick Cox lead the Chineke! Orchestra playing a symphony by Florence Price tonight.

Sharon Isbin is a multiple Grammy award-winning guitarist who has shaped the landscape for contemporary classical guitar. Hear Sharon Isbin play Flamenco-inspired chamber music!

The award-winning Catalyst Quartet is on a mission to celebrate unity and amplify the voices of underrepresented composers. Michelle Cann joins them to play Florence Price's Quintet for Piano and Strings tonight on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.

April is National Poetry Month! Here’s a wonderful line by E.E. Cummings, “out into the morning the young / morning with a warm world in it”. Augusta Reed Thomas sets those words to music performed by a local group, the Elm City Girls’ Choir.

Take a musical journey to one of the planet’s most remote and awe-inspiring frontiers. Vaughan Williams’ Sinfonia Antartica isn’t your typical nature piece—it’s vast, icy, and quietly intense.