
Preview: Classical music shares the limelight at Grammy Awards
Best Orchestral Performance nominees include long-suffering orchestra, beloved conductor

By Brad Turner

Playlist: Remembering conductor Claudio Abbado
A handful of gems from an artist who recorded hundreds of stellar performances.

By Brad Turner

Claudio Abbado, famed conductor and founder of orchestras, 1933-2014
Remembering a maestro who brought decades of great performances, recordings and inspiration to classical music.

By Brad Turner

Scenes from ‘A Musician’s Life’ at CPR on Santa Fe
Photos and video from an evening of insights and performances featuring three top classical players at different stages in their careers.

By Brad Turner

Playlist: Echoes of François Couperin at the Colorado Symphony’s ‘Return to Paris’
The Baroque composer’s fingerprints are all over this weekend’s concert. An audio primer on the music of “Couperin le Grand.”

By Brad Turner

Takács Quartet plays Bartok at Carnegie Hall
Boulder’s beloved string quartet heads to New York for a national broadcast.

By Brad Turner

Jonathan Bailey Holland featured alongside Barber and Beethoven on Colorado Symphony’s MLK program
The orchestra honors the late civil rights leader with a program that includes a lively piece by a living composer.

By Brad Turner

Rachel Barton Pine on the stories and secrets behind Berg’s Violin Concerto
The virtuoso violinist talks about bringing a favorite piece to Boulder.

By Brad Turner

Itzhak Perlman: Five great performances to honor his visit to Colorado
One of the biggest names in classical music is on tour and playing in Colorado. Here are highlights from an amazing five-decade career.

By Brad Turner

Mozart for puppies? Calming dogs with classical music
Is there science behind using Brahms as a lullaby for your pooch?

By Brad Turner

Celebrating the cinematic and sacred music of Wojciech Kilar
While the composer racked up praise and paychecks for his work on films by Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski and others, his own pieces were always his first priority, the […]

By Brad Turner

New Year’s Day Concert in Vienna: What’s new and newsworthy for 2014
Daniel Barenboim returns as the Vienna Philharmonic grapples with the past.

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Nonprofit brings classical music to Boston homeless shelters
Earlier this month, WBUR tagged along at one of the group’s holiday performances and documented the audience’s reaction to a program that mixed music from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” with seasonal tunes like […]

By Brad Turner