Each day on 91Classical, amid the variety of the day’s playlist, we offer a handful of featured selections at set times:
Classical Scavenger Hunt: Summer Edition
As the weather warms up and spring gives way to summer, 91Classical has one more challenge in our first series of Classical Scavenger Hunts!
‘No Party Tricks’: Lessons From Glenn Gould On Creating ‘A Concert Without Halls’
Nobody told Glenn Gould to stop touring, or suggested he perform a digital concert. Why would they have? There wasn’t a global pandemic forcing performers to stay home in the 1960s. But Gould’s own distaste for the act of live performance led him to shun traditional concerts early on in his career. Now, as today’s […]
Live At Home: Blair Academy Students Bring Smiles Along With Music
While Live in Studio C is on hiatus due to precautions for COVID-19, we heard about a group of students from the Blair Academy at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, who were also mourning cancellations. Led by faculty member Zachary Ebin, these students have now redirected their efforts to performing for senior citizens who are […]
This Week On 91Classical: Featured Music May 11-15
Each day on 91Classical, amid the variety of the day’s playlist, we offer a handful of featured selections at set times:
Classical Scavenger Hunt: Movie Music Edition
Calling all cinephiles and movie buffs! Before you tune in to hear 91Classical’s Friday Flick pick (every Friday night at 6PM), fill out our latest scavenger hunt all about music on the silver screen.
Songs For The Sun King: Music From Louis XIV’s Court At Versailles
On this day in 1682, Louis XIV moved the French court and government to Versailles. The future French king had first visited the property to escape a smallpox epidemic when he was three years old, and over the course of his life he transformed the once-humble hunting lodge into a palace, unprecedented in its extravagance […]
This Week On 91Classical: Featured Music May 4-8
Each day on 91Classical, amid the variety of the day’s playlist, we offer a handful of featured selections at set times:
You Don’t Need The Force To Enjoy Nashville Public Radio’s Star Wars Soundtrack
As a bit of fun in honor of May 4th’s Star Wars Day (“May the fourth be with you!”) members of the staff here at Nashville Public Radio have chosen our favorite musical moments from the Star Wars films for your listening enjoyment.
First Look: Bardo Concerto
When filmmaker John Warren set out to work on a project with composer Alicia Enstrom, the two could not possibly known how relevant the idea of the suspension of life itself might be. This Buddhist concept, called Bardo, is the subject of a set of five meditative pieces that they have collaborated on.
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