James Bennett II

Film is an incredible gift — it's quite something to see both the likeness of and voice of musical legends. Here's Dmitri Shostakovich presenting his Seventh Symphony.

The U.K.-based string quartet has uploaded its first music videos to Youtube, and they look pretty good!

Some people seem to think the world is ending. It's not, but here's a playlist for your apocalyptic anticipations anyway.

Get ready to witness some impressive multitasking alongside well-known tunes from Joplin and Bizet.

Tereza Lee, dubbed the Original DREAMer, joined WQXR host Elliott Forrest in the Greene Space for a live taping of the Brian Lehrer Show to discuss her activism and play Chopin.

"Elizabeth Cree" is in the middle of its world-premiere run at Opera Philadelphia. The composer and the world's first Cree stopped by to discuss the opera and share a short performance.

You've seen it before: The conductor raises the baton and brings it down to ... an offbeat orchestra? What's up with that?

Schubert's "Ave Maria" seems to be everywhere. Which is exactly why we welcome these peaceful, powerful — and sometimes, unusual — arrangements.

When Aric Harding returned to his flooded Texas home, he took a moment to play the piano. The video went viral, and launched a good-willed campaign to get him a new instrument.

Proms 2017 featured some amazing and borderline unreal performances. Here are just a few of our favorites.

Recorded live in the WQXR studio, Lucille Chung and Alessio Bax perform a Mozart sonata for piano four-hands.

Revisit Hahn's 2011 Tiny Desk concert — and her Ives-inspired medley.

The Count of St. Germain is one of history's most tantalizing enigmas. He may be remembered for those rumors of alchemy and immortality, but he was a composer, too.

For centuries, composers have been drawing on folk-music traditions to inspire their own compositions. Here's just a taste of how it's been done.

It's yet another perfect orchestral flash mob, courtesy of Veracruz's Xalapa Symphony Orchestra.

The Pentatonix beatboxer puts a new beat on a Bach favorite.

The pianist and her sister performed a four-hand improvisation of “Libertango” for a docu-concert film, set in a forest. 

The final piece from the 1985 film's soundtrack provides the perfect music for a colorful wonderland for this string quartet.

Sarah Willis of the Berlin Philharmonic loves her French horn. But see her take the challenge to the Alpine horn.

Midday Masterpieces have resumed, and things got started with this Haydn selection from the Argus Quartet.