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Quartet by Giuseppe Verdi and Dustin Hoffman

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Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Dustin Hoffman should have called him.
6:00AM
January 29, 2013

A new film reminds us of the Casa di riposo, the home for elderly musicians in Milan founded by Giuseppe Verdi

Today’s Classical 101 By Request

10:58AM
January
25, 2013

Classical 101 By Request airs Fridays from 1-3 PM. I play what YOU want to hear.

Stuff and Nonsense in Rochester

Former Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Arild Remmereit.
Former Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Music Director Arild Remmereit.
3:00PM
January 24, 2013

The Rochester Philharmonic fires its newly appointed Music director

Mary Stuart and Maria Stuarda

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Mary Stuart as Queen of France
6:00AM
January 16, 2013

Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda is the next offering in the Live from the Met HD series.

Messiah: What’s Your Favorite Recording?

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George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composer and businessman, died old and rich
7:00AM
December 8, 2012

What’s your favorite recording of Handel’s Messiah. Here are a few worth knowing better.

Here’s What Santa Could Bring A Music Lover

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Myself, a few year's back at Macy's in New York. Just kidding.
1:19PM
November 27, 2012

Some ideas for holiday shopping for the music lover in your life.

Benjamin Britten’s 100th Birthday….NOT!

2:50PM
November
19, 2012

Let’s celebrate Benjamin Britten anyway! Even if its his 99th birthday and not his 100th!

James Levine Returns

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James Levine, it's great to be back on Broadway!
11:40AM
October 12, 2012

Conductor James Levine emerges from medical leave to conduct again.

By Request: Mozart and Alicia

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Alicia de Larrocha (1923-2009) By Request on Classical 101, but guard your dessert!
1:00PM
October 5, 2012

Music, dinner and desert in Columbus with pianist Alicia de Larrocha.

Columbus Symphony Now…and Then

10:28AM
October
3, 2012

Opening night of the Columbus Symphony presents Beethoven’s Symphony 9, plus Mozart’s Ave verum corpus and Handel’s coronation anthem Zadok the Priest, with the Columbus Symphony Chorus. Live on Classical 101.