Now that we’re a few days into the new year, are you holding steady with your resolution? Here’s some classical music to help you as your determination begins to fade.
Juliette Jones Is Redefining What Being A String Player Looks And Sounds Like
Listen / Violinist Juliette Jones credits an injury with shaping her career.
How Handel’s ‘Messiah’ Became An American Christmas Tradition
Listen / Nothing announces the holiday season quite as gloriously as the “Hallelujah” chorus from George Frideric Handel’s Messiah.
Year in Review: 91Classical’s 2018 Highlights
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 […]
Listen Again To The Live Performances From 91Classical’s 2018 Radio Fest
We celebrated 20 years of Live in Studio C with our second annual Radio Fest. The whole day was full of local music, including 8 episodes of Live in Studio C – one every hour.
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 […]
Playlist: Classical Music For Voting
Even though democratic elections were not all that common during the time of Beethoven or Bach, music has never shied away from politics. Throughout music history, this commentary has been both friendly and fiery. From tribute to finger-wagging, here is a playlist to accompany your vote.
Live in Studio C: Pianist Agnes Wan
Former Blair school of Music faculty member Agnes Wan returned to Nashville for a recital, and she stopped by Studio C to give us a preview. Listen /
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 […]
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