Join us as we celebrate his 250-year legacy at the Nashville Symphony’s Beethoven Birthday Bash.
This Week On 91Classical: Featured Music Feb. 3-7
Each day on 91Classical, amid the variety of the day’s playlist, we offer a handful of featured selections at set times:
A Tale Of Two Cities: Guerrero Brings The Wrocław Philharmonic Home To Nashville
It was by a stroke of chance that Giancarlo Guerrero found himself in charge of an orchestra almost 5,000 miles away from his home in Nashville.
This Week On 91Classical: Featured Music Dec. 23-27
Each day on 91Classical, amid the variety of the day’s playlist, we offer a handful of featured selections at set times:
Organist Paul Jacobs Puts The Pedal To The Metal On The King Of Instruments
The last time organist Paul Jacobs visited Nashville he and the orchestra won a Grammy for their recording of Michael Daugherty’s Once Upon A Castle. Now as he and conductor Giancarlo Guerrero continue their collaboration, Jacobs is back for another live recording – this time it’s Horatio Parker’s Concerto for Organ.
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.
Nashville Symphony Criticized For Not Performing Works Written By Women
Listen / A website that promotes female classical composers is criticizing the Nashville Symphony for not performing works written by women.
Nashville Symphony Honors Memory Of Longtime Conductor
This weekend, the Nashville Symphony celebrates 70 years of existence and a decade in its concert hall. It’s also using the fist concert of this year’s classical series to honor that building’s namesake: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
Nashville Symphony Lands Nearly $1 Million To Support Minority Students
Correction: A previous version of this story misstated that the symphony’s program aims to increase cultural and socioeconomic diversity among musicians. In fact, as stated on its website, the program provides opportunities for ethnically underrepresented musicians, “regardless of financial need.” The Nashville Symphony has received a $959,000 grant to fund its new music education program […]