What's New in Classical
Fridays at 2 p.m. & Saturdays at noon on 90.5 FM
Featuring the latest classical recordings from around the globe, across the country and here in mid-Michigan. WKAR's Peter Whorf is your host for the latest orchestral, chamber, choral and contemporary music, plus interviews with today's best-known and emerging artists.
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Fri. Feb. 20 at 2pm on 90.5FM | Peter Whorf celebrates episode #100 with Chicago violinist Rachel Barton Pine.What's New on WKAR hits the century mark… -
Live From Studio S, WKAR's newest live music series premieres this Friday, November 7th, just after our 3pm NPR newscast. MSU College of Music faculty… -
It's not often that the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra takes center stage to fully showcase its brilliance. Last May, the James Levine-led ensemble… -
Violinist Joshua Bell demonstrates his amazingly versatile music making in his new release Musical Gifts from Joshua Bell and Friends. Bell performs with… -
Things seemed to be going well in Gustav Mahler's life while he was composing his 6th Symphony. Yet it became one of his darker, more brooding works for… -
We'll hear the flip side of Helene Grimaud's fantastic new Brahms piano concerto CD...this time it's No. 2 with the Vienna Philharmonic. Also, a new take…
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As the holidays approach, new choral releases are arriving daily at WKAR. One of my favorites (though more associated with the Easter season) is Gregorio… -
Helene Grimaud scales twin peaks by Brahms in her new release of both piano concertos...we'll hear his first on today's edition of What's New. And… -
Several local releases are featured on this week's What's New. Keith Jarrett and Michelle Markowski play a Bach violin and keyboard sonata from their new… -
Four great concertos make up today's show. The electrifying pianist Lang Lang teams with the Berlin Philharmonic in Prokofiev's 3rd. One of Weber's two…
