Classical Music Podcasts

Every week on Performance Today™, Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get one of our listeners on the phone, and our caller listens to Bruce play his Piano Puzzler™. They then try to do two things: name the hidden tune, and name the composer whose style Bruce […]

Illuminating 60-second flights through the world of classical music with host and longtime NPR commentator Miles Hoffman. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio. There’s very little that’s natural about the physical positions and movements that are required to play most musical instruments, and during the course of practicing and performing, awkward movements may be repeated […]

Welcome to Journey Through Classical Piano, the podcast dedicated to helping people of all musical tastes and backgrounds discover the beauty of classical music. This bi-weekly podcast features concert-like musical experiences and in-depth exploration of classical compositions. Your host, classical pianist Jeeyoon Kim, brings the splendor of the classical music experience right to your living […]

Proudly Sponsored by La Musica International Chamber Music Festival in Sarasota Florida and Uber [itunes pic] Falstaff, ossia Le tre burle (Falstaff, or The Three Jokes) is a dramma giocoso in two acts by Antonio Salieri, set to a libretto by Carlo Prospero Defranceschi after William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. Classical Music Discoveries […]

America’s talk radio show about opera. Period. [@ 4 min] The OBS syndicate tackle a recent article in the ‘Guardian’ which argues that opera companies have been essential in making the return of live entertainment possible in the UK. How far might that assessment apply to opera in the US…? [@ 17 min] With all […]

Forget what you thought you knew about classical music, and leave your preconceived notions at the door! Co-hosted by Naomi Barrettara, Elspeth Davis, and Kyle Homewood, Opera After Dark is a journey into the surprisingly wild, sometimes sexy, ALWAYS weird world of classical music. Join us as we settle in, open a bottle of wine, […]

Opera Offstage explores the grey area between music school and a professional career. We’re here to discuss those important skills and topics that leave you wondering, “Wait, how the heck did I not learn about this earlier?” From audition season and recitals to fitness and finances, join us as we talk, joke, and complain about […]

A weekly conversation between host (and ADJ•ective New Music Composers’ Collective Member) Rob McClure and a guest artist, concerning aspects of their work, life, and contemporary creativity. Episode 140 of ADJ•ective New Music’s podcast, Lexical Tones. Robert McClure interviews Garrett McQueen and Scott Blankenship of the TRILLOQUY podcast. https://www.trilloquy.org/ Visit www.adjectivenewmusic.com for more information about […]

Listen to advice from experienced band directors on how they create and maintain an organized and successful band program. Tim, Mark, and Olivia give final thoughts and wrap up the “How To: Middle School Percussion” series. Special thanks to Professor Mark Lortz for giving his time and expertise. Please visit his website, marklortz.com — This […]

I’m just your typical stand up comedian/Juilliard-trained violist. I love discussing my two crafts, and each episode I’m joined by a fellow musician, comedian, or other creative type. We examine the creative process, talk performance anxiety, and explore similarities across artistic fields. Listen in as we navigate the beautiful mess of being an artist and […]

John Banther takes classical music fans behind the scenes with interviews, deep dives, and analysis. Episodes released bi-weekly on Tuesdays. Produced by Classical WETA in Washington, D.C. Is an Overture defined by the kind music it contains or simply where it appears in a concert? The answer can change throughout history, and with musical examples, […]

Encore Houston is a weekly show featuring a concert recording from a local ensemble or performance organization in Houston. Each episode features the concert and brief commentary from host Joshua Zinn, with a preview of an upcoming performance by the featured organization at the end of the program. Musicians at the Round Top Music Festival […]

Local programming from southern R.I. & southeastern CT.’s classical station In this week’s WCRI’s Kids Hour host Jamie and Trevor listen to Leonard Bernstein and What Does Music Mean! [Amazon.com: Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts – Sampler Set [VHS]: Bernstein, Leonard: Movies & TV]

Monday 9 pm & Wednesday 2 pm Longtime friends and opera lovers Octavio Choy and Peter Shimkin want YOU to become an opera fan! In this introductory series, we will present the plots of popular operas along with their musical highlights. We will provide insight to help you appreciate singers and singing in general. You […]

Join RSO Music Director Steven Larsen and host Phil Davidson to learn more about RSO programming and get behind-the-scenes info. For tickets or more information visit www.rockfordsymphony.com. Learn about how and why the RSO presented outdoor socially distanced concerts on Sept 12 & 13, 2020 and what plans are for moving forward.

Every Monday and Friday at noon CT, the Houston Chamber Choir presents the With One Accord podcast, your one-stop shop for choral joy! Join us for Music Mondays with Artistic Director Robert Simpson as he presents favorite moments from past performances, get a glimpse into the personalities of the Houston Chamber Choir on Behind the […]

A brand new podcast of the Kansas City Symphony, “Beethoven walks into a bar…” features our musicians in a lighthearted exploration into the wild world of orchestral music and life in a professional symphony orchestra. Music doesn’t have to be your primary gig for it to be a huge part of your life. Kansas City’s […]

The Everyday Musician Podcast is a podcast made of conversations with everyday musicians doing amazing things. Each week violinist Eric Mrugala interviews musicians where you get to learn about their unique stories. In this week’s episode of the Everyday Musician Podcast, I invite New England-based french horn player, Angela DiBartolomeo. We get to talk about […]

“We live in a time I think not of mainstream, but of many streams, or even, if you insist upon a river of time, that we have come to a delta, maybe even beyond delta to an ocean which is going back to the skies.” -John Cage This quote, I believe, truly embodies the idea […]

Choir Baton is a podcast designed to engage people in stories, ideas, and inspiration stemming from their life and choir. Join your host, Beth Philemon, as she interviews singers, teacher conductors, instrumentalists, composers, and community members. What is so special about a group of people joining together with their voices? What is a choir? How […]

These are the stories of Black Women and their Music. Join Alecia Renece on the journey of creating, writing and sharing music that heals, resonates and connects through storytelling. We Encourage and Highlight Black Women of all Ages and Musical Genres in their Independent Artist Journey; Singers, Songwriters, Composers, DJs and Music Lovers alike. With […]

A bi-weekly podcast that discusses the seminal soundtracks in movie history. We speak with the individuals behind the tunes — musicians, music supervisors, actors, and more. An ode to Giallo, ’70s crime flicks and French new wave cinema; Bastien Keb’s third album, The Killing of Eugene Peeps, is an imagined score of downbeat anti-ballads, cinematic […]

Interviews and concert performances of artists touring the bay area. Concert Pipeline’s two hundred seventy eighth episode featuring Okey Dokey. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConcertPipeline?a=t-SAfbTdJnk:5TZIVzut7L0:yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ConcertPipeline?a=t-SAfbTdJnk:5TZIVzut7L0:qj6IDK7rITs

Conversations with teachers, composers, and performers of music for winds and percussion. Scott Rush is the Director of Fine and Performing Arts in Dorchester School District Two in South Carolina and is the former Director of Bands at Wando High School. He is the lead author of the “Habits” series published by GIA and is […]

Trumpeter Seb Philpott and cellist Verity Simmons meet musicians, music industry insiders and music enthusiasts for informal, insightful and lighthearted chats. With some interviews conducted in the glory days before lockdown and others via the power of video conferencing apps, Seb and Verity take a snap shot of the eclectic lives of their guests whilst […]

This book is “not written for professional musicians, but for untaught lovers of the art”. It gives broad instruction on composers, styles, instruments, venues – and when to believe the critics. More great books at LoyalBooks.com

Hosted by John Devlin and Enrico Lopez-Yañez, UpBeat is a podcast by conductors, for conductors that puts an “upbeat” spin on a range of topics. Whether you conduct an orchestra, band, chorus, ballet, opera or other type of ensemble– we want to help and provide a place for fun, engaging discussion. From the EverythingConducting.com team. […]

Join hosts Anna Linvill, and Tarik Ghiradella for conversations with contemporary composers about music, life, and what’s happening in the genre defying world of classical music today. The Composer’s Studio is a place where living art is made, a place without boundaries where inspiration can come from anywhere from birdsong to heavy metal, Vivaldi to […]

Rethink music with The Listening Service. Tom Service presents a journey of imagination and insight, exploring how music works Tom Service takes on the largest instrument created by human hands: the organ. With the help of organist Anna Lapwood, Tom asks: what makes the organ so mighty? Why has it fascinated musicians from Bach to […]

Opera and classical for the cultured queer in us all If you have a taste for bells, cello and oboe – or indeed Liszt, Rautavaara, Beethoven (of course Beethoven!) and more – then this is your Queen of the Night programme! Playlist: 04 October 2020 […] http://media.blubrry.com/queen_of_the_night/p/joy.org.au/queenofthenight/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/2020/10/2020-10-04-Queen-of-the-Night.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: […]

This Podcast wants to expand the definition of a playlist and introduce people to new, old, and interesting artists of all types. To Explore the creative process in all endeavors and disciplines. Beyond the Playlist I am joined by actress Rosalyn Landor. We talk about her early roles in Hammer and The Amazing Mr. Blunden. […]

Composers Datebook™ is a daily two-minute program designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present. Each program notes significant or intriguing musical events involving composers of the past and present, with appropriate and accessible music related to each. On today’s date in 1945, Artur Rodzinski conducted […]

This page is dedicated to driving a conversation for choral musicians with the PHILOSOPHY of Choral Music at the hart of every post and podcast episode. Topics will be wide ranging from the technical aspects of our jobs and careers all the way to the artistic interpretations and values that make us who we are […]

Chicago’s Classical and Folk Music Radio Streaming Online Larry presents six Spanish singers in opera and song. They are Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Teresa Berganza, Alfredo Kraus, Victoria de los Ángeles, and Conchita Supervía. The post Opera Singers of Spain appeared first on WFMT.

Explore and celebrate opera’s unique fusion of music and drama with Seattle Opera’s 101 series or any of our behind-the-scenes interviews. Founded in 1963, Seattle Opera presents both European classics and new works of American opera. Seattle Opera’s current General Director, Christina Scheppelmann, chatted with Speight Jenkins, who led the company for three decades, from […]

SDAO is an opera podcast which takes an irreverent approach to the opera world. We create podcasts, mini-operas, memes, and live opera-coverage for the internet, and digital age. Mike and Jared talk about conducting, getting their music stolen, and smelling like onions.

The Sounds of the Great Big Bands from Yesterday and Today Big Band Bash is a show I created to replace another show that had ceased production. The first show went on the air in 2004. I was very rusty back then but I think I have gotten better. Today’s show is part one of […]

Jon Jacob talks to artists, writers, and audience members about classical music and the concert-going experience. Tenor Nicky Spence introduces the Blackheath Community Opera project for 2020 – a lockdown performance of Stravinsky’s Rake’s Progress. WATCH 7.30pm Saturday 3 October YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqPeoqlECLodpfPEeEWCFug FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/BlackheathHalls/

Jess Gillam hosts the music show for people who like classical and other stuff too. Music, eclectic playlists and chat, with a new guest every week. Jess Gillam talks to mezzo-soprano Stephanie Wake-Edwards about the music they love, including the overture to Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Jessye Norman singing Mahler, Lianne La Havas singing Radiohead and […]

Introduce children to classical music in a fun and entertaining way. When he was a kid growing up, Modest Mussorgsky learned Russian fairy tales and folk stories from the family nurse. Those fairy tales put in an appearance in the music he wrote later on. Mussorgsky composed Pictures at an Exhibition in memory of an […]

Composers Datebook™ is a daily two-minute program designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present. Each program notes significant or intriguing musical events involving composers of the past and present, with appropriate and accessible music related to each. On today’s date in 1984, the Milwaukee Symphony […]

A weekly show about the classical organ and its music In honor of the centennial of the birth of Paul Manz, the St. Louis AGO and the Organ Media Foundation created a 4-part series about the organist and composer. Now, we’ve put all 4 parts together into one podcast for you to hear. Music heard […]

In this podcast two regular guys discuss artists and music that makes them who they are today. Go back in time and reconnect with those artists and songs from the past. Maybe even learn something new about songs you have heard thousands of times. Two regular music fans sit down and discuss the music of […]

Cover art by @bronterose on Instagram! Souls at Sundown is an advice and music podcast hosted and posted biweekly on Fridays by Meghan Hughes. Hour long, ad-free versions of the episodes are posted on https://www.patreon.com/meghanhughes Tracklists for the songs played in each episode are available on my Spotify @meghan160 Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/meghan-hughes/support In this […]

Welcome to HARMONY TIME, my name is Tyler Smith and I am a member of the St. Croix Valley “Croix Chordsmen” barbershop chorus in Stillwater, Minnesota. I am very pleased to be your host bringing you the best in barbershop music. 7/04/2020

Classical music can be intimidating to newcomers and frequent concertgoers alike. Attention to Detail introduces practical techniques for finding meaning, enjoyment, and confidence in the process of listening to classical music that everyone can use, regardless of background. Today we’re joined by Hannah to break down our final fundamental technique, Mapping! We discuss how to […]

Our live afternoon series of “impromptu” music and conversation features some of today’s most sought-after musicians from around the world. Previous guests on Impromptu have included cellist Yo-Yo Ma, mezzo-soprano Joyce Di Donato, and author Salman Rushdie. Other guests have included Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tenor Joseph Calleja, violinist Joshua Bell, and the vocal ensemble […]

The podcast about people who make cool music! BEYOND SYNTH is the best synth music chat show there is. Featuring artists and producers who make synthwave/new-retro/electronic music and much more!! We talk Music, games, movies, the 80s, and lots more while I play samples of the guests music. If you’d like to support the show, […]

Insight and opinion from leading figures in classical music. For her first solo album, ‘Anima Rara’, for Opera Rara, for whom she’s already recorded Leoncavallo’s Zazà and Puccini’s Le Willis, Ermonela Jaho celebrates one of her great soprano predecessors, Rosina Storchio. Joined by the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana conducted by Andrea Battistoni, Jaho offers […]

The stage is dark, but the conversation is just beginning. Welcome to Utah Symphony | Utah Opera’s Ghost Light podcast, a behind the curtain look into the world of classical music and opera and the artists who make it. Hosted by Jeff Counts and Carol Anderson. In the first of a mini-series about the pivots […]

In a unique weekly podcast, Edith Bowman sits down with a variety of film directors, actors, producers and composers to talk about the music that inspired them and how they use music in their films, from their current release to key moments in their career. The music chosen by our guests is woven into the […]

60 minutes of Viola da Gamba, all commercial free, with no talking DJ between songs. All songs Creative Commons by-nc-sa 1.0 licensed from the record label that isn’t evil: magnatune.com In this podcast: 1. Alex McCartney, 2. Dufay Collective, 3. Gilles Zimmermann, 4. Ernst Stolz, 5. Ensemble Carpe Diem, 6. Timothy Vajda, 7. Ensemble Vermillian, […]

What makes a song a smash? Talent? Luck? Timing? All that—and more. Chris Molanphy, pop-chart analyst and author of Slate’s “Why Is This Song No. 1?” series, tells tales from a half-century of chart history. Through storytelling, trivia and song snippets, Chris dissects how that song you love—or hate—dominated the airwaves, made its way to […]

We love this music. Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), is arguably the most important female composer of the 20th century, and more and more, becoming established as a major figure in classical music. Yet despite the inherent quality of her works, the great range of genres (her opera, The Wreckers, was the only opera by a […]

The On The Radar Podcasts focuses on artists and studio performances coming to, through, and from the greater Midwest Regions! The On The Radar Podcast features music and interviews from artists coming to, through, and from the greater Midwest regions. Peapod talks to the men behind the NW Ohio group MEAN OCEAN in episode 92 […]

Insights and anecdotes from musicians, dancers, artists, actors and directors, as well as audience response. Chris Rawson – Post Gazette theater critic and long time contributor to the WQED-FM Arts Magazine – fills us in on “Off The Record 19 2.0 Pandemic Edition.” The event takes place in the virtual world October 8th with Ken […]

Jay Nordlinger, music critic of The New Criterion, talks music – but, more important, plays music. A variety of music, mostly classical, that makes life sweeter, livelier, and richer. That’s a lot to promise in one humble music podcast, isn’t it? Greatness, consolation, and transcendence? But it is truth in advertising. Handel, “Dopo notte atra […]

Crushing Classical podcast is an ongoing series of provocative interviews with musicians who are pioneering a new path in the classical music genre. I dig into musician’s lives who have made an often risky move towards forging a unique path and creating a different kind of music career for themselves. This is particularly challenging in […]

Podcast by Oregon Music News Vicki Green intro Welcome back to the Café at Artichoke Music for another OMN Coffeshop Conversation. I’m Tom D’Antoni, as you may know. Do you need a coach? Think about it. Wouldn’t that be nice? To have someone on your side who wants to help you improve your work….and can’t […]

Charlie Menghini visits with some of the greatest names in wind band conducting, composing and arranging. The podcast also features regular visits with Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser, instrument specialists and music industry leaders as well as great college, high school, middle school and elementary band directors who give their thoughts on various aspects of being a […]