CPR Classical teamed up with two Colorado ensembles for some amazing concerts this summer: the National Repertory Orchestra with violinist Joshua Bell and the Colorado Music Festival with clarinetist Anthony McGill.

“Our house was right in the middle of it all,” Scherer said, recounting the night of Dec. 30. “I couldn’t do anything.”

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Summerfest Postcards are audio snapshots of some of Colorado’s summertime classical music festivals. There are nearly 20 festivals across the state, from a small chamber music series in Denver, to a mountain festival so large it drives the summer economy of its host town.

Colorado summers bring musicians from around the world to play in festivals across the state. From symphonies in ski towns to metropolitan chamber music, the Centennial State is a destination for classical music.

Hear the towering – and polarizing – author in conversation about his 4,000-page book, The Oxford History of Western Music.

Mozart had a number of pets over the course of his short life, but one stands out above all the others: his pet starling. The bird first attracted Mozart’s attention in May of 1784 when he heard it singing the melody of his latest — and not yet published — piano concerto.

Edward Hardy fell in love with the violin at age seven. He was with his parents at his elementary school in Spanish Harlem in New York City when he heard some young violinists in an after school program.