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Tune in Today: Strauss’s Autumnal Horn Concerto No. 2

Written six decades after his first, the composer's second horn concerto is a late-career piece that brings back ...

Music November 9, 2026

Tune in Today: The Youthful Exuberance of Strauss’s Horn Concerto No. 1

Richard Strauss flaunts the horn's range in his most popular concerto.

Music November 6, 2026

Tune In Today: The Finality of Schubert’s ‘Cello’ Quintet

Written shortly before his tragically early death, Schubert's quintet for strings is a marvel to hear.

Music October 28, 2026

Tune in Today: The Magical ‘Key’ to Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto

It wasn’t until the invention of the keyed trumpet in the late-18th century that Haydn’s concerto was even ...

Music October 11, 2026

Tune in Today: Why Was ‘William Tell’ Rossini’s Final Opera?

The famous composer leaves his mark with his last masterpiece.

Music October 4, 2026

Tune in Today: A Piece to Challenge Violinists

The underappreciated composer Antonio Bazzini's most famous work was about a group of dancing goblins.

Music September 28, 2026

Tune in Today: The Intimate Waltz of Johannes Brahms

The German maestro composed a quiet work for a loud world.

Music September 14, 2026

Tune in Today: Unexpected Popularization of Mendelssohn’s ‘Spring Song’

Animated movies and cartoons have made this piano piece reach a larger audience in the 20th century than ...

Music September 6, 2026

Tune in Today: Heroism in Beethoven’s ‘Eroica’ Symphony

Beethoven's hero worship of France's new emperor quickly turned to fury, but did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm ...

Music August 31, 2026

Tune in Today: A Creative Musical Protest by Joseph Haydn

How 'Papa Haydn' used a symphony to lead an 18th-century musicians' strike.

Music August 23, 2026

Tune in Today: Out of the Darkness Comes César Franck’s Violin Sonata

How a legendary 1886 candlelit premiere in Brussels gave us one of classical music’s greatest masterworks.

Music August 16, 2026

Tune in Today: Schubert’s Dance with Mortality in ‘Death and the Maiden’

Schubert dramatizes illness and sorrow through this composition, where the siren song of Death himself calls out to ...

Music August 11, 2026

Tune in Today: Mozart’s Most Intense Symphony

This serious Symphony No. 40 may be seen as part of a musical journey.

Music August 4, 2026

Tune in Today: Brahms Symphony No. 1 Emerges From Beethoven’s Shadow

Brahms took years to compose a Romantic-era masterpiece that plays tribute to Beethoven.

Music July 30, 2026

Tune in Today: Schumann’s ‘Dichterliebe’ Expresses Love Through Memories

Enter Schumann's wildly creative year with this tragic song-story about a poet's unrequited love.

Music July 20, 2026

Tune in Today: The Melody of Alexander Borodin’s Second String Quartet

This full-time Russian chemist managed to become a world-famous composer.

Music July 13, 2026

Tune in Today: The Two Sides of Robert Schumann and His ‘Carnaval’

Schumann generated fame and uproar around his work by critiquing it from two oppositely opinionated pennames.

Music July 6, 2026

Tune in Today: ‘None Shall Sleep’ Before the World Cup

A piece of classical music becomes the anthemic song for millions of sports fans.

Music June 30, 2026

Tune in Today: The Mystery of Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello (Part 3)

The lack of a primary source has led to many interpretations of this piece.

Music June 21, 2026

Tune in Today: The Mystery of Bach’s Six Suites for Solo Cello (Part 2)

Great cellist Pablo Casals treasured, performed, and recorded the forgotten suites.

Music June 14, 2026

Tune in Today: The Revival J.S. Bach and His ‘Six Suites’

Part 1 of this series on Bach’s “Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello" discusses the 19th-century 'Bach Revival."

Music June 7, 2026

Tune in Today: Handel’s Stately ‘Water Music’

The German composer's work, famously performed on the Thames River, symbolized royal grandeur and magnificence.

Music May 30, 2026

Tune in Today: Elgar’s Musical Love Letter

Born as a private love token for Edward Elgar’s fiancée, “Salut d’amour” became an international hit, yet earned ...

Music May 23, 2026

Tune in Today: Giuseppe Verdi’s Unforgettable ‘La donna è mobile’

The highlight of Verdi's 'Rigoletto' is sung by villain, the Duke of Mantua.

Music May 17, 2026

Tune in Today: Mendelssohn’s Exuberant String Octet in E-flat Major

Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) was one of the great composers of the early Romantic period. From his “Midsummer Night’s Dream” ...

Music May 6, 2026

Tune in Today: A Guide to Richard Strauss’s Till Eulenspiegel

“Once upon a time, there was a roguish jester, whose name was Till.” So begins Richard Strauss’s masterpiece ...

Music May 5, 2026

Tune in Today: Tchaikovsky Explores Fate, Struggle, and Resilience

The Russian master's Fourth Symphony was written at a turbulent point in the composer's life.

Music May 3, 2026