- Beethoven's intention was to shock his audience.
- The Fort Collins Symphony is not letting the pandemic stop the 4th of July celebrating. Music Director Wes Kenney believes it will be the only full orchestra in the country to perform live on Independence Day. They’ll play at a drive-in movie theater. Here's a list of 4th of July events.
- Writing music about water came naturally to Claude Debussy. His father was a sailor and encouraged young Claude’s imagination with stories about vast waters and exotic lands. A family visit to Cannes, France fueled what would become his lifelong fascination with the many moods water can evoke as it moves.
- This month on CPR Classical, we’re marking the 200th anniversary of Clara Schumann’s birth. She composed music and was one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era.
- From Leonard Bernstein to Big Bird, a look at the faces and highlights in the legendary cellist's story as he gears up for his Red Rocks Amphitheatre concert.
- Yes, it's true. Here's a look at how Van Cliburn and Igor Stravinsky helped establish classical music at Colorado's most famous amphitheater.
- Saturday nights beginning in June, we'll explore contemporary music from the last century -- and focus on what's being written today, including music by Colorado composers.
- A thrilling new disc by pianists Daniel Barenboim and Martha Argerich marks the latest chapter in a musical friendship that’s lasted more than six decades. In the 1940s, there was a house in Buenos Aires that welcomed just about anybody who was anybody in classical music.
- It’s the opening to the slow movement from Quartet No. 16, Opus 135, in which Beethoven wrote in the score, “Must It Be? — It Must Be!” Each instrument enters one at a time to create a gorgeous D-flat chord.
- An album of toe-tappers, from Bach to boogie-woogie.
- A look at a classical inspiration for modern pop songs.
- A memorable performance of a classic piece, and the story behind its creation.
- Holliger’s “Romancendres” aren’t an attempt to reconstruct the lost Schumann romances. Rather, he calls them a meditation.
- Hear choice cuts from this year's festival in Colorado Springs at 7 p.m. Saturday.
- An exciting new classical piece that borrows heavily from jazz.
- Life as a globe-trotting musician is sometimes exciting, occasionally glamorous and usually incredibly demanding.
