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Does the thought of seven consecutive hours of nothing but opera on Classical 101's wonderful airwaves strike you with joy, pity, mirth, fear, revulsion…

The Classical 101 library has upwards of 1,000 Christmas recordings. Everything from purely classical Baroque and early music discs to jazz, electric…

There is not much more impressive-looking in a living room or on stage than a Steinway grand piano, not to mention what comes out of it in the hands of…

Marilyn Horne and I had a dear friend in common. Our friend died last fall after a long illness. I came to know Marilyn as a warm-hearted and generous…

A recent ProMusica Chamber Orchestra concert combined two of my favorite things...great music - and laughter. It was an opportunity to allow a peek behind…

Giuseppe Verdi turns 200 this October. He died in 1901. Here are a few seconds from his funeral, as the cortege leaves the Milan Cathedral and passes by…

Anytime someone utters the words Classical Music, the image most have is some guy in a powdered wig with a dour expression writing music in the 18th…

It's not everyday one reads a news story that warms the heart with happiness. Here's mine. We've been following Sylvia McNair's opera career for many…

This is Wagner's bicentennial year. He was born on May 22, 1813. By the time of his death 70 years later he had given the world his music dramasTristan…

British composer Sir William Walton (1902-1983 tends to get lost between Edward Elgar and Benjamin Britten. Walton lacked the jingoism of Elgar and the…