Suzanne Bona

When I interviewed flutist Brandon Patrick George a few years ago, he had just released his debut solo album. Since then, he has continued his upward trajectory as a rising star of classical music. One of his projects was commissioning a composition from Joseph Prestamo. Today’s Beautiful Music features Brandon Patrick George with pianist David […]

Recently I had the great pleasure to attend a concert featuring clarinetist Anthony McGill in a small venue. I was already a huge fan of his artistry; he is a renowned soloist and Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic. Sitting only a few feet away as he performed gave me a close-up view of

Today’s Beautiful Music focuses on an all-around talented man of the late 18th century! Joseph de Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a champion fencer, a talented violinist, and an accomplished composer of string quartets, sonatas, symphonies, and theatre music. This is his Sonata for 2 Violins in Bb Major, Op. Posthumous performed by violinists Jonathan

Today’s Beautiful Music is a classic pieces by William Grant Still — SUMMERLAND — played by Singapore Wind Symphony, conducted by Lien Boon Hua. Still composed SUMMERLAND in 1935 as the second of a three movement suite for solo piano called THREE VISIONS.. He later arranged SUMMERLAND for chamber orchestra.

American operatic tenor Lawrence Brownlee is a Youngstown, Ohio native, and a graduate of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and Anderson University. Mr. Brownlee conceived of his project RISING, commissioning six of today’s leading African-American composers to set poetry from the Harlem Renaissance to song. The program is being recorded for release on Warner Classics

26 year old Isata Kanneh-Mason is the eldest of six musically talented siblings. She attended the Royal Academy of Music, and earned an undergraduate degree as an Elton John Scholar. A few days ago, the Opus Klassik Award- and Leonard Bernstein Award-winning pianist .released her new album CHILDHOOD TALES. You can read more about CHILDHOOD

Today’s Beautiful Music is a CHACONNE — Merriam-Webster dictionary defines chaconne as 1. an old Spanish dance tune of Latin American origin, and 2. a musical composition in moderate triple time typically consisting of variations on a repeated succession of chords. This Chaconne was composed by French baroque composer Marin Marais, and it’s performed by

Today is MEMORIAL DAY, commemorating the men and women who died while in military service. It is a time to reflect and remember their sacrifice, and honor their memories. You can read more about the official holiday using the link below. Today’s Beautiful Music is FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, a Scottish lament that dates back

On this Memorial Day weekend, today’s Beautiful Music is a REQUIEM — a mass for the repose of the dead. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s REQUIEM was commissioned in 1791 by Franz von Walsegg, an Austrian aristocrat, upon the death of his young wife, Anna. This stunning 2013 performance of the complete REQUIEM by Mozart features Nathalie

CELESTIAL SIRENS is the title of a concert program featuring Newberry Consort. The Chicago group is affiliated with the Newberry Library Center for Renaissance Studies, and the performers describe this program as one that, “… explores the musical traditions of cloistered nuns, who not only played and sang music by prominent male composers, but also