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Some of the emotional turmoil and unresolved conflicts of Russian composer Peter Tchaikovsky's own life may be reflected in his large programmatic Manfred…

I am always amazed when performing artists such as pianist Andras Schiff can play a long and complex collection of keyboard works such as J. S. Bach's…

It took repeated requests for Mozart to gain dismissal from his oppressive employment at the court of the Archbishop of Salzburg. Almost equally trying…

The only way I can do justice to Porgy and Bess is to let Leontyne Price introduce it herself. The opera is not just gorgeous, lush, and quintessential to…

Our two previous episodes show Mozart complaining about the Parisians' poor musical taste and his father, Leopold Mozart, telling him to make the…

"Where are we going to eat?" Before finding your seat and waiting for the curtain to rise, before the orchestra settles on the concert pitch, do you ask…

If you've followed The Mozart Minute podcast, then you know that Wolfgang Mozart had a tough time convincing his father, Leopold Mozart, that a) at 26…

The semi-annual phenomenon in late May and mid-July each year occurs when the Sun aligns with the street grid in Manhattan, casting a shaft of light between the skyscrapers.

The rain cut right through the highway, forcing drivers to take long detours. There was one bit of good news with all the rain, however: It helped control wildfires.

You've heard the old joke, "How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice." There are many people, famous and not, to whom credit for the…