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Classical Highlights
Classical Music Playlist, May 22, 2012
May 22, 2012The Polovetsian Dances by Alexander Borodin is your wake-up call at 6 o'clock this morning on Capital Public Radio.
Overnight and Weekend Classical Music
Our Weekend and Overnight Music
ClassicalStream
Classical music streamed on-line from Capital Public Radio!
Sunday Baroque
Sunday Baroque celebrates the current wealth of recorded music with great performances by yesterday's and today's best musicians. Listen Sunday morning beginning at 8 o'clock.
America's Music Festivals
When classical musicians leave their tuxes at home and meet up with friends to play music in beautiful surroundings, it creates an altered universe. Listen to America's Music Festivals every Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
From the Top
Recorded before live audiences in venues across the country, this program introduces listeners to exceptional, pre-college-age classical artists. Listen Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for From the Top!

On Demand Audio
Streaming audio from Capital Public Radio.

Stockton Symphony and Composer Dorman Inspire City with New Work
Thursday, March 8, 2012Stockton made national and international news in recent years for all the wrong reasons: high crime, low literacy, foreclosures and most recently, the prospect of bankruptcy. Now, the city's acclaimed symphony has a project yielding some good news.

Sunday Baroque
Sunday Baroque celebrates the current wealth of recorded music with great performances by yesterday's and today's best musicians. Listen Sunday morning beginning at 8 o'clock.

Sound Advice: Classical
Capital Public Radio music hosts and Insight's Jeffrey Callison discuss and feature new and noteworthy classical recordings.
Classical Music News from NPR

Classical Lost And Found: Fine Quartets From A Forgotten Frenchman
The outstanding Cambini-Paris Quartet uncovers the neglected chamber music of Félicien David.

Come Sing In A Philip Glass World Premiere — In Times Square!
Download the score of a piece commissioned by NPR Music to honor the composer's 75th birthday, learn the music and then come sing the very first performance with us June 21 on Broadway.

Around The Classical Internet: May 18, 2012
Fischer-Dieskau's passing, a Viennese fraudster and a brawl on a Chinese train: all the news that's fit to link.

It's A Marvel-ous Wagner Production
Fridays are funnier with a classical cartoon at noon, from Deceptive Cadence.

Remembering 'A Born God' Among Singers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Widely respected by fellow musicians and audiences as one of the greatest classical singers of the 20th century, the baritone has died at age 86.

150 Years Of 'Taps'
Retired Air Force bugler Jari Villanueva gives us a glimpse of the fascinating history behind these 24 somber notes.

Can You Beat Out The 'Rite' Rhythm?
Learn along with Londoners in this fun video primer on one of classical music's quirkiest rhythms, courtesy of the London Symphony Orchestra.

Kathleen Ferrier: A Voice Not Forgotten
Silenced by breast cancer at the height of her sparkling career, the great English singer Kathleen Ferrier's legacy lives on in a new 14-CD set and documentary.

Garth Knox: One Viola And 1,000 Years Of Musical History
On his new album, Saltarello, the adventurousviolist creates surprising musical juxtapositions.

Pedro Soler And Gaspar Claus: Tiny Desk Concert
The improvisational music of father and son Pedro Soler and Gaspar Claus functions as a beautiful conversation. Soler plays a delicate flamenco guitar, while Claus turns the cello into an exquisitely expressive voice. The two bring that spirit to their intimate performance in the NPR Music offices.




