Beautiful Music

Clarinetist Anthony McGill is a brilliantly talented musician, and I’m excited to share his performance of one of my personal favorites: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Mr. McGill is accompanied by the Catholic University Orchestra in Washington, DC with Simeone Tartaglione conducting. You can also learn more about Anthony McGill’s path from student musician to […]

On this date in 1752 composer George Frideric Handel underwent eye surgery that left him blind. Today’s Beautiful Music is the aria TOTAL ECLIPSE from Handel’s opera SAMSON, about the blinded hero. The aria is sung by 20-Year- Old tenor Aaron Crouch with pianist Reese Revak from a 2019 home recording. Total Eclipse – Handel,

Violinist Mari Samuelsen provides today’s Beautiful Music — her lovely reimagining of the “Moonlight” Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. You can also learn more about the Norwegian violinist using the link to her website. Mari Samuelsen – Moonlight – YouTube Mari Samuelsen

Dia de Los Muertos is a two-day celebration beginning on October 31 and continuing through November 2. It is celebrated in Latin American countries and communities, and is particularly popular in Mexico. Today’s Beautiful Music features Tampico, Mexico-based Tempus Quartet performing Xochipitzahuatl “Flor Menudita” Día de Muertos (Mexican Death Music). You can also read more about

Boo! Today’s Beautiful Music is a scary soundtrack for Halloween! Violinist Ray Chen plays the DEVIL’S TRILL Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini, the Royal Opera performing DANCE OF THE FURIES from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera ORPHEUS & EURYDICE, and organist John Hong plays the Toccata & Fugue in d minor by Johann Sebastian Bach. (And finally,

The splendid artistry of mezzo-soprano AnnMarie Sandy provides today’s Beautiful Music. She is performing “Illustratevi, o cieli” from Claudio Monteverdi’s 1639 opera  “Il ritorno di’Ulisse in patria.” AnnMarie Sandy performs with harpsichordist Dongsok Shin. You can also learn more about these two top tier musicians through the links to their bios. Open Gates Project –

All you need is love … today’s Beautiful Music is a love song performed by Boston Camerata with Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble from a performance on March 28, 2015. Boston Camerata with Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble: “Sacred Bridge” – YouTube

  What a delight to discover soprano Heather Hill, singing Olympia’s aria — THE DOLL SONG — from Jacques Offenbach’s opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann! The award winning singer is a versatile artist with expertise in opera, oratorio, musical theater, television and film.       The Doll Song – Heather Hill, Soprano – YouTube Heather

New York’s Voices of Ascension performed music by Clara Schumann in their program A VOICE OF HER OWN. It’s today’s Beautiful Music offering. Watch and hear this lovely concert performance, and listen to my archived interview with VOA’s conductor, Dennis Keene, from a few years ago Gondoliera (from Drei Gemischte Chöre), Vorwärts (from Drei Gemischte

I recently had the privilege of interviewing the extraordinarily talented bass-baritone Davóne Tines, and we will be sharing our conversation with you soon. In the meantime, Mr. Tines mentioned this exciting performance he gave with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, so I offer it as today’s Beautiful Music. Radio 3 in Concert – BBC Symphony Orchestra