Each year, we broadcast 3,300 hours of locally programmed and hosted classical music. By the year’s end, we will have hosted 50 performances from Midstate chamber musicians on Live in Studio C. We also broadcast roughly 150 full-length concerts and operas each year. That includes nearly twenty from Music City’s own Nashville Symphony and Nashville […]
How Leonard Bernstein’s Vision for Education Got Started In, and Disappeared From, Nashville Schools
Listen / With 2018 marking the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth, a spotlight has again been placed on the composer’s fierce commitment to education, demonstrated throughout his life by activities like the Young People’s Concerts and his Harvard Lecture Series. It was during the latter that Bernstein emphasized the importance of “inter-disciplinary values,” explaining that […]
Music In Remembrance Of The 80th Anniversary Of Kristallnacht
Eighty years ago today, thousands of Jewish synagogues, businesses and homes all over Germany were vandalized and set on fire as firefighters, under orders from Gestapo leaders, stood by. The violent anti-Semitic demonstrations that would leave 91 Jews dead and approximately 30,000 arrested and sent to concentration camps is known as Kristallnacht (“Crystal Night” or […]
Béla Fleck And Edgar Meyer Discuss Their Genre-Defying Collaboration With Tabla Player Zakir Hussain
Listen / Banjoist Béla Fleck and double bassist Edgar Meyer describe tabla player Zakir Hussain as one of the best musicians they know. It’s high praise coming from a pair of musicians who have 19 Grammy Awards and a MacArthur Fellowship between them. Currently on tour, the trio will be at the Schermerhorn this Sunday. The performance […]
In Push To Be More Inclusive, Nashville Symphony Children’s Concerts Go ‘Sensory Friendly’
The Nashville Symphony’s Family Series begins this Saturday with “Pirates! The Quest for Blackbeard’s Treasure,” a program that features swashbuckling-themed music geared towards the symphony’s youngest listeners. In addition to pre-concert activities that include craft stations and an instrument petting zoo, the entire series (which includes three more concerts extending into next year) is now […]
A Classical Playlist for International Day of Peace
From vocal imitations of the sounds of combat in 16th century madrigal battaglias, to the sweeping music of Wagner’s Valkyries deciding the fates of warriors below, classical music has long been inspired by conflict, wartime triumphs, and military prowess. But as today marks the International Day of Peace, a United Nations-sanctioned holiday dedicated to the absence of […]
Notes in the Margin: Nashville Author Ann Patchett on the Music of ‘Bel Canto’
Listen / We’re excited to introduce Notes in the Margin, a series where we’ll share books that we think 91Classical listeners will enjoy, whether it be a composer biography, a riveting piece of music scholarship, or a novel with a plot that is particularly musical. In addition to interviews with authors, we’ll also be including […]
A Look at Leonard Bernstein’s Life, on What Would Have Been His 100th Birthday
As we approach what would have been the Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday on August 25th, musicians and listeners all over the world have been celebrating with performances and tributes throughout the year. On September 8th, 91Classical will live broadcast the Nashville Symphony’s Bernstein Centennial Opening Night, featuring an all-Bernstein program. Tune in to hear it […]
Accelerando Welcomes New Class of Students While Preparing Farewells For First Ever Graduate
Parents snapped cell phone photos and looked on with pride as the beaming new class of Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando program was introduced at the Schermerhorn last week. This class marks the program’s third year of preparing gifted young students for careers in classical music through mentoring, performance opportunities and private lessons with Nashville Symphony musicians.
Celebrate Uncommon Instrument Day with These Musical Oddities
Unless you’re keeping a close eye on a calendar of bizarre, fringe holidays, you probably aren’t aware that today is Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day. We here at 91Classical love a holiday, and we certainly aren’t going to miss celebrating one all about musical instruments. Join in the festivities and boost your awareness of unusual instruments […]
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