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01/01/2025

Happy New Year! 🥳🎉 Coming in at number one in this year’s Classical Countdown is: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, “Choral”, see the full results at WQXR.org.

12/27/2024

WQXR's 2024 Classical Countdown has officially launched! Every day until December 31st, you can follow along with the tabulations at wqxr.org, where you’ll find real-time playlist updates and special features to help you learn more about the composers and works you’ll hear on air.

Follow along here:
https://www.wqxr.org/classical-countdown-2024/

12/20/2024

🗳️ Vote Now to Name Earth's Quasi-Moon with Radiolab! 🌓 🌟
Our sister WNYC, has award-winning science podcast, Radiolab, which is inviting people worldwide to take the unique opportunity to suggest a name for one of Earth's quasi-moons.

From now until January 1, 2025, cast your vote to name earth’s new quasi-moon, currently known as (164207) 2004 GU9. After voting closes on January 1st, the name with the most votes will be our new quasi-moon, certified by the International Astronomical Union and will be in our orbit for over 600 years.

Plus, we put together a YouTube playlist of moon-themed classical music curated by our team to inspire you. ✨🌙
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4gHEs63

Cast your vote now! Select your favorite name. One vote per person is allowed.

Welcome to Name a Quasi Moon - a global naming contest from Radiolab and the International Astronomical Union. Vote now and make your mark on the heavens!

12/10/2024

Can you guess which classical composer this gingerbread cookie is supposed to be? (Bonus points if you also guess which WQXR host made it!) Find more festive fun with WQXR's “Holiday Channel” where you'll hear seasonal carols and hymns, or the “Holiday Standards” stream, which has been curated from the Great American Songbook and beyond. Listen online at wqxr.org/streams, on the WQXR app, or ask your smart speaker to "Play the WQXR Holiday Channel." ❄️ ⛄ ❄️

12/07/2024

The Saturday Matinee Broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera return today at 1 pm. Tune in to experience the epic grandeur of Strauss as Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Die Frau ohne Schatten. This mythological masterpiece is a breathtaking showcase for orchestra and soloists alike.

Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads Die Frau ohne Schatten.

12/05/2024

Each month, we dive into standout new classical albums. Here are five albums that our staff members are listening to, hopefully they inspire you to discover your own new favorite recording.

Have You Heard? Discover New Classical Releases

12/04/2024

Tonight at 8 PM ET, tune in to hear The Czech Philharmonic (Česká filharmonie) take the stage at Carnegie Hall with the legendary Gil Shaham as soloist, bringing Dvořák's spirited, folk-inspired Violin Concerto to life. Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony follows, led by the incomparable Semyon Bychkov. 🎶🎻
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3B14y4R
📸 Stefan Cohen

12/03/2024

WQXR turns 88 today! With nearly 9 decades on the air, we have a lot to celebrate...but we couldn't do it without you! Do you have any special memories of listening to NYC's only classical music radio station? 🎂📻🎶🎻

12/02/2024

Maria Callas was born on this day in 1923. One of the most influential opera singers of the 20th century, pay tribute to the soprano today by taking a listen to a 1977 archival episode of WQXR's 'The Vocal Scene,' featuring her opinions about art and life.
Host George Jellinek plays Callas singing Tosca, La gioconda, Isolde, I puritani, and more.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/3ZvHKDQ
📷 : Wikicommons

12/01/2024

Weekend host Annie Bergen is so excited for our festive programming to begin! As the 2024 holiday season approaches, start celebrating with the WQXR's holiday streams! Listen here: wqxr.org/streams
📻 The WQXR Holiday Channel features the sounds of orchestras, choirs, brass ensembles and more.
🎵 The Holiday Standards stream is where you'll hear classic songs of seasons past and present, with favorites by artists like Ella Fitzgerald, Otis Redding, and Frank Sinatra to name a few.
🎭 & sprinkled into your favorite opera excerpts, holiday fare with iconic opera singers will brighten the Operavore stream.

11/30/2024

Today at 1 pm ET, you'll hear Richard Strauss’s Capriccio from the Vienna State Opera. Conducted by Christian Thielemann, one of the world’s leading operatic interpreters, Capriccio delves into the nature of art and the rivalry between words and music.

Richard Strauss’s Capriccio from the Vienna State Opera.

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from WQXR! We are most thankful for you: all of our listeners. 🦃🍂

We have a great line up of festive music for you today. Listen at 105.9 FM, WQXR.org, on our mobile app, or ask your smart speaker to "Play WQXR." ✨

📸 The 87th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by Anthony Quintano is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?

11/26/2024

You can now listen on-demand to Amsterdam’s legendary Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra live from Carnegie Hall under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä. The evening begins with a historic moment: the U.S. premiere of Ellen Reid’s Body Cosmic. World-renowned violinist Lisa Batiashvili takes center stage for Prokofiev’s lyrical and dynamic Violin Concerto No. 2. The concert culminates with Rachmaninoff’s lush Second Symphony.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/3B1hRCo
📷 : Chris Lee

11/25/2024

Submissions for WQXR’s annual Classical Countdown are now open! Be sure to get your votes in before December 9th at 12pm ET, for a chance to see if your favorites make it to the top.

Have any guesses for what this year’s list will look like? Comment your top choice for number one, and place vote your here: https://www.wqxr.org/classical-countdown-2024/

11/19/2024

Did you miss last night's episode of Carnegie Hall Live? You can now listen on-demand to the Berliner Philharmoniker perform Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5, conducted by Kirill Petrenko.

Tune in November 18th at 8 pm to hear Berliner Philharmoniker on Carnegie Hall Live.

11/18/2024

Tonight at 8 pm ET conductor Kirill Petrenko and the Berliner Philharmoniker return to the world-renowned Carnegie Hall to perform Bruckner’s Symphony No. 5.

Listen at WQXR.org, at 105.9 FM, on the WQXR app, or ask your smart speaker to "Play WQXR"
📸 : Chris Lee

11/14/2024

Aaron Copland was born on this day in 1900. What is your favorite piece by the American composer?

11/05/2024

This Election Day, take a look at the history of Carnegie Hall's role in the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. In this episode of the podcast "If This Hall Could Talk," WQXR takes you through the Hall's archives back to a 1910 to tell a story of how a series of meetings at Carnegie Hall helped women gain the right to vote.

Learn how a series of meetings at Carnegie Hall in the early 20th century contributed to the evolving national dialogue on women’s rights in the United States.