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Celebrate the holiday season with live classical music over lunch in person, on the radio, and streaming online in A Cup of Good Cheer with Madrigalia on Live from Hochstein Wednesday, December 17th at 12:10pm, in person at the Hochstein Performance Hall and broadcast live on WXXI Classical.
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We asked our WXXI Classical music hosts to share their favorite classical holiday music and why it's their favorite. Here's what they shared. Read more about their favorites and find a complete list of holiday specials on WXXI Classical. -
The day before his final broadcast after 25 years as host of Performance Today, Fred Child joined Tom Crann to reflect on a quarter-century of a program that Child describes as “a place to share music and ideas together.”
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For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity. (And free concerts.) -
The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces stimulated by Bach's cello suites. -
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