That's Classical?

Playlist: Andrew Staniland, Ryan Scott - ANTIGRAVITYDRUMColeridge-Taylor Perkinson, Sphinx Virtuosi - Sinfonietta No. 2 'Generations'Julius Eastman, Kukuruz Quartet - Evil N*****George E. Lewis, Ensemble Dal Niente - Merce and BabyErrollyn Wallen, Black Oak Ensemble - Making HayIan Cusson, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra - IQ84Joseph Schwantner, National Symphony Orchestra - New Morning for the World 'Daybreak of Freedom'Shelley Washington, Les Percussions de Strasbourg - Sunday

Happy Chinese New Year! Fire Horse!Playlist: Melissa Hui, Zuzana Šimurdová - When Soft Voices DieBright Sheng, The Orchestra Now - Let FlyDu Yun, International Contemporary Ensemble - Impeccable QuakeRoydon Tse - BreatheWang Jie, JoAnn Falletta- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - The Winter That United UsVincent Ho, Tony Yike Yang, piano - The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, Book II, Vol. 2Gao Hong, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Flying Dragon Concerto

Playlist: Jordan Pal, Cameron Crozman - FleetBekah Simms, Standing Wave - MetamoldIman Habibi, Elation Pauls, violin - Offering of WaterMaki Ishii, Esprit Orchestra - Percussion Concerto: South-Fire-SummerRoydon Tse, Interro String Quartet - SproutMaria Lord-Kniveton, Aleksandra Panasik - St. Margaret & the DragonTim Brady, Warhol Dervish - String Quartet No. 5Daniel Alvarado Bonilla, Cameron Crozman - Senderos

Celebrating Black History MonthPlaylist: Stewart Goodyear - CongotayTimothy Kennedy Adams Jr., NYU Orchestra - Harriet: Journey to FreedomAbel Selaocoe, Aurora Orchestra - Four SpiritsFlorence Price, Onyx Brass - Octet for Brasses & PianoCarlos Simon, Minnesota Orchestra - brea(d)thKathryn Patricia Cobbler - Prism

Nominees for Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical CompositionPlaylist: Christopher Cerrone, Sandbox Percussion - Don't Look DownDonnacha Dennehy, Alarm Will Sound - Land of Winter (Excerpts)Tania Leon, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Raices (Origins)Shawn E. Okpebholo, Rhiannon Giddens, Paul Sanchez - Songs in Flight (Excerpts)Gabriela Ortiz, Los Angeles Philharmonic - Dzonot

Playlist: George Gershwin, Syracuse University Wind Ensemble - An American in ParisMarty Regan, Apollo Chamber Players - Splash of IndigoJoseph Schwantner, Radio Kamerorkest - A Play of ShadowsAnna Pidgorna - Drown in the DepthNik Bartsch, Les Percussions de Strasbourg - Seven ElevenPiotr Grella-Mozejko, Aleksandra Panasik - GRAleksandraValerie Coleman, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra - Umoja: Anthem of UnityLuigi Dallapiccola, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Piccolo Concerto per Muriel CouvreuxAndrea Casarrubios - Armadura

Playlist: Nardi Simpson, Ensemble Offspring - BurruguuJasmine Barnes, Apollo Chamber Players - Revise?Grace-Evangeline Mason, Black Oak Ensemble - Into the Abyss, I Throw RosesAlexina Louie, Zuzana Šimurdová - Music for PianoFrank Ticheli, Syracuse University Wind Ensemble - Angels RisingYongbom Lee, Broken Frames Syndicate - DepaysementPeter Maxwell Davies, Matilda Lloyd - Trumpet SonataAlex Paxton, Slide Action - Hairy Pony EstampieDaniel Hass - Piano QuartetDeborah Kavasch, London Symphony Orchestra - The Peace of Wild Things 'A Reflection'

Composers we lost in 2025Playlist: Rodion Shchedrin, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra - Beethoven's Heiligenstadter TestamentPer Norgard, Gert Mortensen - I ChingElgar Howarth, Vivid Brass Tokyo - Cornet ConcertoIlkka Kuusisto, Tapiola Youth Strings - DivertimentoSofia Gubaidulina, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra - Offertorium: Concerto for Violin & OrchestraDaniel Lentz - Lascaux

Top Albums of 2025Playlist: Bill Brennan, Alan Klaus - Three SeasonsStephen Goss, collectif9, CC Duo - Landscape & MemoryJohn Tavener, Maya Beiser - Lament for PhaedraPaul Wianacko, Owls - Vox PetraJerod Impichchaachaaha Tate, Dover Quartet - Abokkoli Taloowa(Woodland Songs)Tim Brady, Warhol Dervish - String Quartet No. 3 'The (Im)Possibility of a New Work for String Quartet'Dobrinka Tabakova, Black Oak Ensemble - InsightAnna Clyne, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop - Within her ArmsCris Derksen, Elation Pauls, violin - Country Food for Violin & TapeAndy Clausen - IntroitMary Kouyoumdjian, Kronos Quartet - Groung (Crane)

Special Solstice EpisodePlaylist: Phil Kline - Unsilent NightJohn Luther Adams, Apollo Chamber Orchestra - Dream in White on WhiteMax Richter, Konzethaus Kammerorchester - Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons - WinterPhilip Glass, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra - Tirol Concerto for Piano & Orchestra- Movement IIKevin Puts, St Louis Symphony Orchestra - Silent Night ElegyRobert Honstein, Arx Duo - EvergreenAllan Gilliland, Alan Klaus, Phil Roberts - First Light Brings New Beginning

Playlist: Paul Paccione, London Symphony Orchestra - Waves FormsChristopher Tyler Nickel - Suite for Two Oboes & Two Cors AnglaisJoseph Butch Rovan, Boston Modern Orchestra Project - ScatteringMieczyslaw Weinberg, London Symphony Orchestra - Trumpet ConcertoErnest Kanitz, ARC Ensemble - Sonata CalifornianaJoseph Swensen, Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine - SagaPascal Le Boeuf, Akropolis Reed Quintet - All Consuming

Playlist: Judith Weir, Peter Kolkay, Estelle Choi - Wake Your Wild VoiceElizabeth Raum, Tom McCaslin & Akiko Tominaga - T for TubaTsubasa Ito, Tubassadors - F.F.F.F.Anver Dorman, The Orchestra Now - Violin Concerto No. 2 'Nigunim'Elena Ruehr, Quartet ES - String Quartet No. 11 'Reykjavik'Robbie Teehan, Alan Klaus - Waters of LifeWojciech Kilar, Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw - Piano ConcertoMark Dal Porto, London Symphony Orchestra - Tarantella

Playlist: Lara Weaver, Crash Ensemble - Singing SandsKalevi Aho, Stenhammer Quartet - String Quartet No. 1Ernest Kanitz, ARC Ensemble - Concertino for Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Double Bass, & PianoMarc Mellits, Splinter Reeds - SplinterDaniel Haas, Renaissance String Quartet - String Quartet No. 1 'Love & Levity'John Oswald, Marc-André Hamelin - Tip

Playlist: Laura Jurd, Slide Action - SwampedRuth Gipps, BBC Philharmonic - Horn ConcertoBill Brennan, Alan Klaus - Three SeasonsHoutaf Khoury, United Strings of Europe - The JourneyCris Derksen, Elation Pauls, violin - Country Food for Violin & TapeFung Chern Hwei, Sirius Quartet - Between ImpulsesDinah Bianchi, Sander Kostallari, Robert Conway - VitulaLou Harrison, New Japan Philharmonic - Piano ConcertoEmil Fredberg Zander, Svanholm Singers - I Know

Playlist: Toru Takemitsu, Michiaki Ueno - AirJuri Seo, Arx Duo - Sonata for Marimba & VibraphoneJoan Tower, Calidore String Quartet - Red MapleMaria Thompson Corley, Zuzana Šimurdová - Wilful IgnoranceDaniel Schnyder, Beyond Modern Orchestra - Concerto for Cello, Percussion, & String OrchestraCait Nishimura, Alan Klaus, Phil Roberts - Golden HourChristian Thomas, Orchestre Filmharmonique - Concerto for Pipa & Orchestra 'Dragon'Mick Foster, Quartz Saxophone Quartet - Autumn Tones

Playlist: Ryan Latimer, Slide Action - C. ExiguaMalcolm Arnold, Basel Radio Symphony Orchestra - Concerto for Harmonica & OrchestraElation Pauls, violin, Serouj Kradjian, piano - Tango Melancolico for Violin & PianoCathal O'Riordan, Crash Ensemble - 0.5%Ned McGowan, Splinter Reeds - Wood BurnMigiwa Miyajima, ETHEL, Allison Loggins-Hull - The Reconciliation SuiteAnna Clyne, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop - Within Her ArmsMichael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony - Island MusicBekah Simms, Aleksandra Panasik - Skinscape II

Playlist: Katya Pine, Ensemble ArtChoral - Say the NamesHenryk Górecki, Polish Radio Symphony - Piano ConcertoAnders Hillborg, Swedish Radio Choir - The Breathing of the WorldHelen Grime, Hebrides Ensemble - Into the Faded AirSophia Serghi, London Symphony Orchestra - DragonfliesCaro Haxo, Splinter Reeds - ExercicesLaurie Christman, London Symphony Orchestra - Running with HorsesSunjay Jayaram, Sirius Quartet - SahasranamamJohn Cage, Clare Lesser - One12Grainne Mulvey, Nathalia Milstein - Interference PatternsRebecca Dale, Philharmonia Orchestra - Night SeasonsPeter Meechan, Alan Klaus - Song of Hope

In conversation with Honens' 2025 Gold Laureate Elisabeth PionPlaylist: Thomas Ades, Élisabeth Pion - The Exterminating Angel: BerceuseMel Bonis, Élisabeth Pion - Femmes de legendeCristian Carrara, London Philharmonic Orchestra - War SilenceSarah Kirkland Snider, Jessica Johnson - The CurrentsStephen Hough, Halle Orchestra - Piano Concerto 'The World of Yesterday'Terri Hon, Zuzana Šimurdová - Memories of Trees

Happy Funding DrivePlaylist: Ethel Smyth, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - March of the WomenKevin Lau, Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra - The Infinite ReachesLauri Porra, BBC Symphony Orchestra - UtuPauline Oliveros, Andy Clausen - Heart of TonesTim Brady, Warhol Dervish - String Quartet No. 3Clarice Jensen, Maya Beiser - Salt Air, Salt EarthLavinia Meijer, Iggy Pop - Mom & Dad

Playlist: Angelica Negron, Beth Meyers - Orange ArrowHelen Grime, Hebrides Ensemble - To See the Summer SkyFrank Horvat, Vicky Chow - Sacred Buffalo Guardian MountainKalevi Aho, Stenhammar Quartet - String Quartet No. 2Gao Ping, Yubo Zhou - Farewell, Waltz for PianoVivian Fung, Standing Wave - Corona MorphsDani Howard, Jack Hancher - You Don't Have to Tell me TwiceAndrea Casarrubios, Sphinx Virtuosi - HerenciaPolina Nazaykinskaya, Portland Youth Philharmonic - Symphony No. 1 'April Song'David Del Tredici, Eric Moe, Robert Frankenberry - Here (Paul Monette from Gay Life)

Playlist: Stephen Chatman, University of Michigan Chamber Choir - It Will Not ChangeTodd Mason, Filharmonie Brno - Lux AeternaDana Suesse, Orchestra Victor Hugo - Concerto for Two Pianos & OrchestraAllison Loggins-Hull, ETHEL - PersistsOmar Daniel, Erika Raum, Lydia Wong - Metsa maasikadMichael Gordon, Splinter Reeds - Tall GrassRebecca Dale, Philharmonia Orchestra - There Will Come

Playlist: Anthony R. Green, fivebyfive - ...a Tiny Dream...Curtis Stewart, Sphinx Virtuosi, Joshua Jones - Drill for Prepared Drumset and StringsFrank Horvat, Vicky Chow - Johnston CanyonMichael Tilson Thomas, John Wilson - Upon Further ReflectionLaurie Christman, London Symphony Orchestra - Rolling FieldsElation Pauls, violin, David Braid, piano - The Interior CastleGrainne Mulvey, RTE National Symphony Orchestra - DiffractionsRichard Blackford, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Concerto for Cello & Orchestra 'The Recovery of Paradise'Karl Mitze, Talla Rouge Duo - Seesaw

Playlist: Stephen Chatman, University of British Columbia Choral Union - AlleluiaStefan Smulovitz, Nadina Tandy - Quartz VeinsAirat Ichmouratov, Les Violons du Roy - The Ninth WavePhilip Parker, Emily Hoppe, Cris Inguanti - GamesFrank Horvat, Vicky Chow - Sundance CanyonMarcus Goddard, Standing Wave - Pool of Lost GroovesOmar Daniel, Erika Raum, Thomas Wiebe - NocturnesLinda Caitlin Smith, Nicholas Papador - Invisible CitiesAntonio Carlos Jobim, Canadian Guitar Quartet - Areias Brancas, Orfeu NegroCris Derksen, Blueridge Chamber Music Festival - Awasowin - Warming by the FireAleksandra Bilinska, Aleksandra Panasik - #2020 Scream for AleksandraP.

Playlist: Xiaogang Ye, Fidelio Trio - Nine Horses for 10 PlayersNimikry - Narcomancy for Flute & ViolaGao Ping, Yubo Zhou - Bai Zhou (Porridge): A poem for Speaking PianistRobert Lydecker, fivebyfive - It Can't Not be Dance MusicPatrick Roux, Canadian Guitar Quartet - Prologue, Fougue et Allegro TrpidantMark Buller, Conspirare - Mass in ExileIsabelle Panneton, Nicholas Papador - Les Petites reprises

Playlist: Nicholas Papador - A Very WelcomePura Fe, Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate, Dover Quartet - Rattle SongsNico Muhly, Andy Clausen - LiltPaul Lansky, Gwendolyn Dease - SpiralsKaija Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen, Olivier Latry - OffrandeSean Clarke - A Flower for My DaughterSteve Reich, Trio Xenakis - Marimba PhaseMaximilian Steinberg, Ural Youth Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 3Lavinia Meijer - Showing Me

Chris Sies from Sies / Parsons Duo chats with me about their upcoming show 'Classical Adaptations II' apart of the Honens FestivalPlaylist: Olga Amelkina-Vera, Canadian Guitar Quartet - PulsarMatthijs Van Dijk, Signum Quartett - (rage) rage against theEvan Williams, fivebyfive - HeavyLise Morrison, Maria Du Toit, Vera Kooper - FalloutDenis Gougeon, Marc Bourdeau - Six Themes SolairesMarc Mellits, Real Quiet - Tight SweaterJennifer Higdon, Imani Winds - Autumn Music for Woodwind QuintetAlberto Ginastera, Miro Quartet - String Quartet No. 1Dobrinka Tobrinka, Black Oak Ensemble - Insight

Playlist: György Ligeti, Ensemble Aedes - Lux AeternaRichard Einhorn, Musica Viva NY Choir - The Luminous GroundJulie Theriault, Chloe Dumoulin, Frederic Lambert - Norturne BorealEinojuhani Rautavaara, Australian Chamber Orchestra - The FiddlersMichael Tilson Thomas, Sasha Cooke, Jean-Yves Thibaudet - GracePauline Oliveros, Andy Clausen - Heart of TonesAbel Selaocoe, Aurora Orchestra - Tsohle TsohleIannis Xenakis, Trio Xenakis - OkhoThomas Ades, Halle Orchestra - Shanty - Over the SeaEric Whitacre, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir - Three Songs of FaithClarice Jensen, Maya Beiser - Salt Air, Salt EarthTim Brady, Warhol Dervish - String Quartet No.3 'The (Im)Possibility of a New Work for String Quartet'

Playlist: Marc Mellits, fivebyfive - DreadlockedOlivier Tarpaga, Sō Percussion - FefeSean Clarke - BalladeJonathan Harvey, Ensemble Aedes - Plainsongs for Peace & LightWild Up & Christopher Rountree - GatheringAndrew Staniland - Dancer PortraitsMarie Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen, Maria Du Toit, Vera Kooper - RomanzeGrace Williams, BBC Philharmonic - Four Illustrations for the Legend of RhiannonDavid Lang, Robert Blocker - Winter Piano

Playlist: Oscar Peterson, Marc Bourdeau - Hymn to FreedomJohn Tavener, Maya Beiser - Lament for PhaedraPeter Scott Lewis, Blair McMillen - Pacific TriptychFrancisco Mignone, Diego Caetano - Piano Sonata No 1Hilda Sehested, Ensemble MidtVest - Intermezi for Violin, Cello, & PianoGeorge Gershwin, Philadelphia Orchestra - Piano ConcertoJean Papineau-Couture, Robert Uchida, violin - Suite for Violin Alone

Playlist: Sean Clarke , Margaret Carey, Roger Admiral - Enigmatic VariationsLavinia Meijer, Iggy Pop - Mom & DadMichael Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony - NotturnoTania Leons, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Raices (Origins)Joseph Phibbs, Piatti Quartet - String Quartet No. 4Gabriela Ortiz, Los Angeles Philharmonic - DzonotMilton Barnes, Margaret Carey - Ballade for Solo Viola

Playlist: Juri Seo, Latitude 49 - OstinatoAlistair Coleman, Viano Quartet - MoonshotMatthew Barley - The Unwaiting SkyElizabeth Poston, Corvus Consort - An English Day-BookBrian Current, Continuum Ensemble - MISSING (Excerpts)Tania León, London Philharmonic Orchestra - PasajesAdrian Sutton, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - Violin ConcertoMolly Joyce - August 6, 1999

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Playlist: Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Owls - ReqsKarsten Brustad, Norwegian Radio Orchestra - Udat Concerto for Euphonium, Orchestra, and ElectronicsOwen Underhill, Quatuor Bozzini - String Quartet No 5 - Land and WaterViktor Kalabis, Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica - Diptych for StringsInocente Carreno, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Margeritena (Glosa Sinfonica)Sergey Akhunov, Sinfonietta Riga - ChaconneRuth Watson Henderson, Duo Majoya - Suite for Piano & Organ

Playlist: Emily Hall, Slide Action - Close PalmsAlexandre David, Quatuor de saxophones Nelligan - EssencesGrace Williams, BBC Philharmonic - Castell CaernarfonMason Bates, Philadelphia Orchestra - Piano ConcertoB.E. Boykin, Sidney Outlaw, Warren Jones - 26 Ways of Looking at a Black ManCarl Nielsen, New Philharmonia Orchestra - Symphony No. 5Anna Pidgorna, Viktoria Grynenko, Guillaume Tradif - Through Closed Doors

Playlist: Charles Koechlin, Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen - Au LoinNicole Lizée, Ensemble Paramirabo - Music for Body-Without-OrgansImogen Holst, Corvus Consort - Welcome Joy and Welcome SorrowMatthew Barley - Cathedrals and CavesPaul Wianacko, Owls - When the NightMary Kouyoumdjian, Kronos Quartet - Groung (Crane)Amy Brandon, Quatuor Bozzini - LysisAustin Wulliman, JACK Quartet - The Late EditionAdrian Sutton, BBC Philharmonic - A Fist Full of FivesGundaris Pone, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra - American PortraitsMichael Tilson Thomas, New World Symphony - Lope

Playlist: Jeremy Gignoux, Andre Wickenheiser - PedireMelody Eotvos, Alex Raineri - Piano Sonata No. 2 'A Story from the Sand Dunes'Francisco Coll, New European Ensemble - Three Pieces 'after Turia'Arnold Rosner, Density512 - RAGA!Marcel Rubin, The Orchestra Now - Symphony No. 4 'Dies Irae'Patrick Roux, collectif9, CC Duo - Apres l'exode

Chris Sies is in studio talking all things Sound Atlas Festival!Playlist: Juri Seo, Latitude 49 - FantasiaAnna Meadors, Andy Hudson, Anthony Taylor - Where did all the Words Go?Ned Rorem, Jinjoo Cho, Kim Hyun Soo - Autumn MusicEmilie Cecilia Lebel, UltraViolet - ...and the Higher Leaves of the Trees Seemed to Shimmer in the last of the Sunlight's Lingering Touch of Them...Jóhann Jóhannsson, BBC Symphony Orchestra - They Being Dead Yet SpeakethArthur Levering, Lydian String Quartet - Squeezebox

Playlist: Tina Davidson, Jasper String Quartet, Natalie Zhu - LeapDorian Wallace, NouLou Chamber Players - Manusa, Concerto for Cello & Chamber OrchestraAnnika Socolofsky, Akropolis Reed Quintet - so much moreDavid Conte, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - SinfoniettaThomas de Hartmann, INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra - Violin ConcertoAmy Brandon, Symphony Nova Scotia - Simulacra

Playlist: Tina Davidson, Jasper String Quartet, Natalie Zhu - TrembleDerek Healey, Louisville Orchestra - Arctic ImagesOlli Mustonen, United Strings of Europe - Nonetto IIWalter Kaufmann, The Orchestra Now - Indian SymphonyHarry Stafylakis, collectif9, CC Duo - To Wake and find the World Still BurningErkki-Sven Tuur, Odense Symphony Orchestra - Angel's ShareYosef Gutman, Itay Shey - Nigun Gaagium

Playlist: Bryce Dessner, Australian String Quartet - InpermanenceMichael J. Baker, Array Ensemble - ColumbusJulia Wolfe, BBC Symphony Orchestra - PrettyAaron Jay Kernis, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Manuel Barrueco - 100 Greatest Dance HitsAlice Ping Yee Ho, Phoenix Orchestra - Phoenix RisingMagnus Lindberg, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra - AbsenceDmitri Shostakovich, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Piano Concerto No. 1David Skidmore, Third Coast Percussion - Ritual Music

Playlist: Ethel Smyth, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - March of the WomenJohn Weinzweig, Louisville Orchestra - Symphony OdeSØS Gunver Ryberg - COEXISTENCELibby Larsen, Wind & Wood Duo - Three Pieces for Treble Wind and GuitarFlorence Anna Maunders, Philharmonia Orchestra - Bare Boss, Innit?Yoel Diaz Avila, Quatuor de saxophones Nelligan - Concerto en 6 preludesDalit Hadass Warshaw, Boston Modern Orchestra Project - Sirens: A concerto fo theremin & orchestra in three movementsMichael Torke, Sandbox Percussion - Stem

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