
CPR Classical Night at Camp Christmas!
Round up everybody on your Nice List and come get your spirit on! Join CPR Classical hosts on December 14 for Camp Christmas at Stanley Marketplace.

By Karla Walker

CPR Classical Presents Beethoven’s 5th: the Colorado Symphony’s opening weekend
The opening four notes of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 are the most iconic in all of music.

By Karla Walker

Back-to-school playlists for parents
Kids are headed back to school, and it seems like they’re either up at the crack of dawn or nothing short of a fire alarm will wake their sleepy heads.

By Karla Walker

CPR Classical Presents: Midori with the National Repertory Orchestra
Violinist Midori is making her only Denver appearance this Sunday with the National Repertory Orchestra at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts.

By Karla Walker

Win tickets to see Midori in Denver!
She was heralded as the girl who “conquered Tanglewood with 3 violins.”

By Karla Walker

CPR Classical Presents: Rachmaninoff in America with the Colorado Music Festival
Join CPR Classical on-air hosts at Chautauqua Auditorium in Boulder on Friday, July 7 at 6:30 p.m. to hear what is often referred to as the “Mt.

By Karla Walker


Rachmaninoff the romantic
April 1st is Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 150th birth anniversary and his legacy is still up for discussion in some circles.

By Karla Walker

Mozart and the American Revolution: A timeline of Mozart’s life in history
Mozart died just shy of his 36th birthday in 1791. But in his short life, he wrote a remarkable amount of music that changed the course of music history.

By Karla Walker

What nationality was Mozart? Austrian? German? Actually, neither.
What was is like to walk the streets of Salzburg when Mozart was growing up there? In the old part of the city, it’s remarkably similar.

By Karla Walker

Where did Mozart’s musical talent come from?
Where did Mozart get his musical talent? History has long pointed to his father, Leopold. Leopold was a violinist and authored an authoritative textbook on violin playing.

By Karla Walker

The 12 Days of Carols: Stories about some of your favorite Christmas carols
You probably know all the words to “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” but have you ever wondered why the same lyrics that “wish you a Merry Christmas” also demand “some figgy pudding”?

By Karla Walker

A party at the Mozart house included music and air rifles
Anyone with children living at home can relate to wanting more space as the family grows.

By Karla Walker

Mozart’s favorite (and only) form of transportation
Today you can travel from Salzburg to Vienna in under three hours. When the Mozart family undertook that trip, it took three weeks!

By Karla Walker

The link between Beethoven and Mozart
The young Ludwig van Beethoven had every intention of studying with Mozart. In 1787, when Beethoven was 16, he traveled to Vienna to meet and study with Mozart.

By Karla Walker

Win tickets: Cate Blanchett in the new psychological thriller ‘Tár’ at the Chez Artiste theater
“Tár” is the new psychological thriller from writer-producer-director Todd Field. It stars Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár, the groundbreaking fictional conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic.

By Karla Walker