WQXR

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WQXR is New York City’s only all-classical music station, immersing listeners in the city’s rich musical life on-air at 105.9FM, online at WQXR.org, and in person through live events and performances. WQXR presents new and landmark classical recordings, as well as live concerts from New York City’s concert halls and performance venues, and broadcasts essential destination programs including Carnegie Hall Live, Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee Broadcasts, New York Philharmonic This Week, New York in Concert, This Week with Yannick, and the Young Artists Showcase. WQXR also produces podcasts that reach new audiences for the artform: Every Voice with Terrance McKnight, The NY Phil Story: Made in New York, The Open Ears Project, Helga, and—in partnership with the Metropolitan Opera—the critically acclaimed opera podcast, Aria Code. As a public radio station, WQXR is supported through the generosity of its members, donors, and sponsors, making classical music relevant, accessible, and inspiring for all.

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Latest Pieces

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George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue turns 100. WQXR marks the occasion with a look at how this iconic piece of classical music came to be, and how i...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2024
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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In this special from WQXR, six prominent artists share memories of Chanukah, and the music the holiday brings to mind. From soothing to surprising,...

Bought by WLVT, KISU, WLPR , Spokane Public Radio, KWIT and more


  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 38
Caption: Conductor Roderick Cox, Credit: Greg Helgeson
This live broadcast, originally recorded on December 22, 2019 at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, NJ, features up-and-coming c...

Bought by WSKG, WVRU, WUAL, Morehead State Public Radio, Capital Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 11, 2020
  • Length: 01:58:00
  • Purchases: 16
Caption: Leonard Bernstein, Credit: Don Hunstein, Courtesy of Sony Music Archives
"Leonard Bernstein's Black America", a one-hour radio documentary, explores the critical history of Bernstein's contributions to American culture a...

Bought by KNAU, 'The Sea', KZYX, Troy Public Radio, WNYC and more


  • Added: Jul 30, 2018
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
Caption: Ira Glass, Credit: Jesse Michener
Public radio superstar host Ira Glass switches seats and becomes guest on The Naked American Songbook.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, and KUER


  • Added: Aug 07, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Rachel Bloom, Credit: Imprint PR
Rachel Bloom, star and co-creator of the CW show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, is also a Disney Princess impersonator, a student of musical comedy, and a fa...

Bought by Troy Public Radio and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 04, 2017
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Stephin Merritt, Credit: Marcelo Krasilcic
The Naked American Songbook went LIVE with singer-songwriter-producer-genius Stephin Merritt, the force behind at least one indie-cult classic grou...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Aug 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Neil deGrasse Tyson on stage at the Emmy Awards in 2015., Credit: Phil McCarten / Associated Press
Neil deGrasse Tyson joins host Elliott Forrest for an hour-long exploration of Gustav Holst’s 20th-century masterpiece "The Planets" and how it con...

Bought by WUFT, WDPR, and Louisville Public Media


  • Added: Jun 01, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Julian asks "How do you thank someone who has taken you from crayons to perfume?" As usual, the solution here is music.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Darren Criss: The Song is The Song Julian sits down with his youngest guest yet, to talk Chet Baker, Cole Porter, and the perpetual importance of t...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Jan 20, 2017
  • Length: 01:00:30
  • Purchases: 1