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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WQXR's Naomi Lewin presents an hour of Christmas and holiday music from the world of opera and oratorio sung by some of the greatest singers past a...

Bought by KWAX, WNED Buffalo, WVIA, WVTF, KWAX and more


  • Added: Nov 05, 2013
  • Length: 57:59
  • Purchases: 72
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The Choir of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine performs at the Medieval Sculpture Hall at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a program that spa...

Bought by KRPS, KWAX, KRPS, WRR, KCME and more


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 103
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For Itzhak Perlman, the Jewish High Holidays – Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur – bring a flood of memories, many of them associated with music. In th...

Bought by WVTF, KCME, WNMU-FM, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WGUC/ WVXU and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 58:34
  • Purchases: 52
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Florence Beatrice Price wrote more than 300 musical compositions. Some of her works have been lost, others are unpublished, and some of piano and v...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting, WUGA (part of GPB), WFMT Station Account, Troy Public Radio, WVIA and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 14
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Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner wrote some of the most famous music of all time. They became icons of their nations during turbulent eras: Verdi ...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WFIU, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, and KUHF


  • Added: May 23, 2013
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 4
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The springtime Jewish holiday of Passover is about liberation from slavery in ancient Egypt. In this one-hour special, superstar violinist Itzhak P...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WNMU-FM, KCUR, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2013
  • Length: 58:35
  • Purchases: 51
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Handel’s “Messiah” performed by The Trinity Choir and Trinity Baroque Orchestra, conducted by Julian Wachner. The program is hosted by WQXR’s Davi...

Bought by WBHM, WUFT, KWAX, KTEP, WITF and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2012
  • Length: 03:00:29
  • Purchases: 32
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Music for the High Holidays from WQXR is a one-hour program for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Bought by WLRH, KCME, WWFM, KWIT, WVIA and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:01
  • Purchases: 26
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In this hour-long special from WQXR and WNYC, host Terrance McKnight interweaves musical examples with Dr. King's own speeches and sermons to illus...

Bought by WVIK, WXPR, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 187
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A portrait of Hazel Scott (1920-1981), the wife of late Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and a Julliard-trained pianist who performed in some o...

Bought by WDCB, WCLV, WUFT, KMUW, WDCB and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 11