Watch the Brooklyn Youth Chorus's Holiday Celebration
Celebrate the spirit of the holidays with the Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus performing live in The Greene Space at WQXR. The program features Benjamin Britten's timeless Ceremony of Carols...
View ArticleSaxophone Ensemble Puts Fresh Spin on a Holiday Favorite
And now for something slightly different. Under the direction of classical saxophonist and composer Lin Chien-Kwan, the University of Rochester's Eastman Saxophone Project played several selections...
View ArticleVince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Nothing takes the edge off the holidays quite like the soundtrack to “A Charlie Brown Christmas” by Vince Guaraldi. The jazz musician and composer always wanted to write a standard. And since the...
View ArticleWatch This Piano Duo's Must-See 'Sleigh Ride' Video That Is Just Right
If you’ve heard of the piano-duo Anderson and Roe, it’s most likely because of their cinematic music videos, such as their 10 part epic of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. However, one that you probably...
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Best of 2016: Classical Christmas Albums
The “best of lists” just keep coming. While we're at it, let’s take a look at some of our favorite Christmas-specific releases from 2016. The albums on this list vary from intimate to magnificent, but...
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The Christmas concert where tuba players don’t take a back seat
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioIn our NewsHour Shares series, we show you things that caught our eye recently on the web. What about you? Leave your suggestions in the comments below, or tweet to...
View ArticleA Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Live From Cambridge
At 10 am on Dec. 24, WQXR hosts a live broadcast from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England. Hosted by Michael Barone, this annual concert features the King’s College Choir performing the...
View Article#3677: Music, More Music for Christmas
Listen to music of the season this Christmas, New-Sounds Style, with banjo, zither and theremin, piano insides, plus viola and electronics...in the service of some holiday classics. To be sure, there...
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Listen to Classical Christmas Favorites on the Holiday Channel
Say goodbye to bad mall music and get into the holiday spirit with WQXR's all-classical holiday stream of seasonal favorites.The Holiday Channel runs from Dec. 1-Jan. 6, and features continuous...
View ArticleWatch: Cantus Performs 'Three Tales of Christmas' Live from The Greene Space
At 7 pm on Tuesday, Dec. 5, watch a live webcast from The Greene Space at WQXR of the acclaimed men's vocal ensemble Cantus. They'll revisit "A Christmas Carol," "Gift of the Magi" and "’Twas the Night...
View ArticleBach's Greatest Works for Christmas
This week Your Morning Bach will draw from Bach's rich catalogue of Christmas music. Tune in each weekday at 7:30 am to hear his holiday music with Jeff Spurgeon, your Host of Christmas Past.For much...
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When 'Jingle Bells' on Repeat Feels Like a Hostage Situation
Think of it this way: even if you love eggnog, drinking it eight hours a day for a month straight might make you want to barf. Some retail workers say the effect is the same when a narrow range of...
View ArticleA Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Live From Cambridge
At 10 am on Dec. 24, WQXR hosts a live broadcast from the chapel of King’s College in Cambridge, England. Hosted by Michael Barone, this annual concert features the King’s College Choir performing the...
View ArticleChristmas Music Reimagined with Kirk Douglas, the Guitarist for the Roots
As the guitarist for the Roots, the band for the “Tonight Show,” Kirk Douglas plays anything and everything. So David Remnick put him to the test on some holiday classics. Jia Tolentino, Alexandra...
View ArticleKirk Douglas, the Guitarist of the Roots, Revamps the Holiday Classics
Kirk Douglas is a singer and the lead guitarist for the Roots, the legendary three-decade hip-hop band that has backed up Jimmy Fallon’s talk shows since 2009. Douglas himself is a bona-fide guitar...
View Article2018 in Pop Culture
The New Yorker staff writers Jia Tolentino, Doreen St. Félix, and Alexandra Schwartz all cover the culture beat from different angles. They talk with David Remnick about the emblematic pop-culture...
View ArticleChristmas Music Reimagined with Kirk Douglas, the Guitarist for the Roots
Kirk Douglas, the guitarist for the Roots, plays anything and everything as part of the “Tonight Show” band, so David Remnick put him to the test on some holiday classics. Roz Chast rings a bell to...
View ArticleWhy Is Christmas Music So Damn Corny? A Very Unscientific Theory
“Carol of the Bells” should be an amazing song. It is literally about bells, and bells are nice. It has foreboding descending harmonies that prompt feelings of pensiveness and badassery. It relies...
View Article'Holidelic:' Everett Bradley's Christmas Funk Show
Percussionist Everett Bradley has been a touring member of The E Street Band and is a current member of Bon Jovi's touring band. For the last two decades he's also toured his annual funk-infused...
View ArticleSpend Your Holidays With WQXR
All season long, WQXR presents special programming to make the holidays merry and bright.🎄 WQXR Holiday Channel | Dec. 1 - Jan. 6Say goodbye to bad mall music and get into the holiday spirit with an...
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