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Are you familiar with the didgeridoo? It’s an ancient aboriginal wind instrument with an otherworldly sound! DIDGERIDOO MEETS ORCHESTRA is today’s Beautiful Music! Didgeridoo soloist William Barton collaborates with the Australian Youth Orchestra in a piece composed by Peter Sculthorpe. You can also use the link below to learn more about the didgeridoo and its […]

Today’s Beautiful Music features a Native American performance — THE CHOCTAW SPIRIT — from 2013. I love the variety of instruments — the panpipes, various flutes, and percussion — and the interplay between them all. You can use the link below to learn more about the Choctaw people. https://www.fivecivilizedtribes.org/Choctaw.html

Have you ever heard a concerto for tenor saxophone? No? Well, you’re in luck! Today’s Beautiful Music is the Concerto for tenor saxophone and piano Op. 57 composed by Jean-Baptiste Singelée and played by Sarah Dunbar with pianist Xiao Wang. It’s a delightful, lively, tuneful work, played beautifully. This Multiple Woodwind Master’s Recital took place on

The musical ensembles of the United States Armed Forces are some of the most elite performing ensembles in the world. It is highly competitive to win a spot in any of these groups, and their members are truly the cream of the crop. Today’s Beautiful Music on this Veteran’s Day features wonderful performances by “The

British bass-baritone Keel Watson had a varied repertory as a singer, but was especially known for his Wagnerian opera roles. Praised for his commanding presence as a performer, the beloved and acclaimed musician died a few days ago. Today’s Beautiful Music features one of his performances — an excerpt from DIE WALKURE. You can also

You may have heard that the Rolling Stones recently released another album, Hackney Diamonds. You can learn more about it using the link below. Today’s Beautiful Music is a solo cello cover of a Rolling Stones classic: Paint it Black. Cellist Nicholas Yee is the performer; he’s developed a following for his work performing solo

In 1976, four young conservatory-trained musicians formed Emerson String Quartet (ESQ), taking their name from the American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. This week, the ensemble played its final concert after a farewell concert tour. Over these decades, ESQ has made 30 recordings, and has earned nine GRAMMYs®, three Gramophone Awards, the Avery Fisher

The fluid, elegant virtuosity of clarinetist Alex Laing and the Phoenix Symphony, conducted by Tito Muñoz, provide today’s Beautiful Music pick-me-up! This is a 2019 performance of Mozart’s Concerto in A Major for Clarinet and Orchestra and … seriously! … it will knock your socks off! They’re playing music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from a

Are you familiar with Shakuhachi Flute? It’s a bamboo end-blown flute that dates back to 16th century Japan. The instrument has a plaintive, almost other-worldly sound. And today’s Beautiful Music is a solo shakuhachi performance by Rodrigo Rodriguez. Use the links below to learn more about this lovely and fascinating instrument. https://japanhouse.illinois.edu/education/insights/shakuhachi https://rodrigo-rodriguez.info/

Titus Underwood is Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony and Associate Professor of Oboe at Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. The Emmy Award-winner and 2021 recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence Award earned his Bachelor of Music at the Cleveland Institute of Music as a pupil of legendary Cleveland Orchestra oboist John Mack, and his