Cantus: Tiny Desk Concert WDAV: Classical What is it about choral music that hits on such a basic human level? The answer may be found in this performance by Cantus, the male a cappella ensemble from Minnesota, which sings three widely divergent songs from the heart. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week WDAV: Classical The FAA changes its tune regarding instruments on planes, the passing of "conduction" innovator Butch Morris, the stats on coughing at concerts and what the New Jersey Symphony board wasn't told about Richard Dare. Plus: violinist vs. composer and a music retailer's staff retaliates on Twitter. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Carnegie Hall Live: Daniel Barenboim Leads... WDAV: Classical The orchestra drawn from Israel and many countries across the Middle East and North Africa play two of Beethoven's Symphonies Nos. 2 and 9 as part of their "Beethoven for All" initiative ¿ using music as a model for nonpolitical communication. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Daniel Barenboim And Members Of The West-E... WDAV: Classical NPR Music, WQXR and (Le) Poisson Rouge host an intimate evening of music that spans both great Western and Middle Eastern music with members of an inspiring orchestra, led by one of classical music's most eminent artists. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week WDAV: Classical Anne Akiko Meyer's newest super-pricey fiddle and leadership changes from the Munich Philharmonic to the London Symphony to The New York Times. Plus: Classical music might be good for your heart and a demonstration of teamwork but still detrimental to your safety behind the wheel. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Milo¿ Karadagli¿ On 'Song Travels' WDAV: Classical The guitarist plays the music of Heitor Villa-Lobos and Argentine tango master Astor Piazzolla in a session with host Michael Feinstein. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

The Ebene Quartet Powers Through Mendelssohn WDAV: Classical Watch one of today's top string quartets delve deep at a Brooklyn bookstore to play the dark-hued second movement of Felix Mendelssohn's Op. 80 string quartet. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Live Jan. 27: Reneé Fleming And Susan Grah... WDAV: Classical Two opera stars will conjure the intimate atmosphere of the late 19th-century Parisian salon, telling stories and singing songs by Saint-Saëns, Fauré and Debussy. Both artists love singing in French and the language falls beautifully on their voices. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Back Off The Bach To Drive Safely WDAV: Classical A new study from London Metropolitan University in the U.K. posits that classical music makes for unsafe driving ¿ that it's safer to listen to hip-hop or heavy metal than Handel, Haydn or Holst. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story

Musical Google Earth: Composer Paul Morave... WDAV: Classical The Pulitzer Prize winner has written pieces inspired by places as far flung as Venice, New Hampshire and a monastery in the mountains of Northern Spain. These dramatically diverse locations spawned picturesque musical ideas ranging from classical to jazz to klezmer. 3 months ago | Comment | Tag | Read Full Story