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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Founded in 1981, the Cologne-based Auryn Quartet worked extensively with the Amadeus and Guarneri Quartets and with Claudio Abbado. In 1982, the ...

Bought by WDPR, WUFT, Delmarva Public Media, WABE, RNZ Concert and more


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 10
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British soprano Ruby Hughes makes her American debut with pianist Julius Drake and a far-reaching program including German lieder by Mahler and Sch...

Bought by WDPR, WUFT, Delmarva Public Media, WABE, RNZ Concert and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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This program features the pianist Kevin Kenner. Kenner made his mark in the classical world in 1990 – winning prizes at both the Chopin and Tchai...

Bought by WCQS


  • Added: Jun 23, 2015
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 1
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The trio of John Holloway, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, and Jane Gower perform historical music with spontaneity, including music by Castello, Rossi, Schm...

Bought by Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, WDPR, WUFT, Delmarva Public Media, WABE and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Quatuor Mosaïques is an Austrian period instrument string quartet which specializes in performing elegant interpretations of 18th century repertoir...

Bought by WDPR, WUFT, Delmarva Public Media, WABE, RNZ Concert and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 10
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The Frick Collection started its season this past fall with a musician whom Gramophone magazine calls “one of the finest British pianists of his ge...

Bought by WDPR, WUFT, Delmarva Public Media, WABE, RNZ Concert and more


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 11
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Acknowledged by The New York Times for his “exquisitely sensitive playing” and “stunning agility,” Grammy-nominated mandolinist Avi Avital is one o...

Bought by WDPR, WGUC/ WVXU, and WABE


  • Added: Mar 27, 2015
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson arranged songs for Harry Belafonte and Marvin Gaye. His film scores featured Sydney Poitier and Cisely Tyson and Muhamme...

Bought by WVIA, KNAU, WUFT, WMNR, WILL and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2015
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 11
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While working on her autobiography "Call Me Debbie," host Debbie Voigt was curious about how other singers dealt with telling their stories. How mu...

Bought by WNMU-FM, Delmarva Public Media, KMUN, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 58:36
  • Purchases: 4
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In the crazy world of opera, mezzos are usually the sane ones and the ones the soprano can trust. They’re the servant, the companion, the sister or...

Bought by WCNY, WNMU-FM, 'The Sea', KMUN, Delmarva Public Media and more


  • Added: Dec 23, 2014
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 7