Black History Month

On this Leap Day, today’s Beautiful Music is by a composer born on February 29, 1792: Gioachino Antonio Rossini. We known him best for his 39 operas, including THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, SEMIRAMIDE, and WILLIAM TELL. Rossiini also composed lots of other music, including songs, piano solos, chamber music and sacred works. This is “Che ascolto? ahimé, […]

English horn is a double reed instrument in the oboe family. It has a distinctively deeper and reedier sound than its cousin, the oboe. Today’s Beautiful Music is a 2009 composition for English horn with orchestra — ROMANCE — by Grigory Smirnov. This 2011 concert recording at Alice Tully Hall in NYC features English horn

Buffalo, NY native William Eddins is best known as a conductor. He was Music Director of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra from 2005-2017, Associate Conductor of Minnesota Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of RTE National Symphony Orchestra. WIlliam Eddins started in music with piano lessons as a 5 year old,, and went on to earn his piano

American operatic bass-baritone Davóne Tines has a powerful voice and versatile artistry that he applies to many musical genres — from classic opera roles to world premieres of operas and collaborations on developing new original works. Today’s Beautiful Music features Davóne Tines singing THE COLD SONG from Henry Purcell’s opera King Arthur with pianist Adam Nielsen.

Brandon Patrick George plays today’s Beautiful Music. The talented musician plays Salvatore Sciarrino’s solo flute arrangement of the iconic TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR BWV 565 by Johann Sebastian Bach. With a single instrument, there’s nowhere to hide. It shows off the flutist’s phenomenal virtuosity and artistry.

Legendary American soprano Jessye Norman (1945-2019) was an opera star and recitalist known for her fluid artistry and dramatic intensity. She was born into a musical family with a mother and grandmother who played piano, and a father who sang. Educated at Howard University, Peabody Conservatory, and The University of Michigan, she won the Bavarian

Although he originally thought his career calling was as a visual artist, Reginald Mobley pursued music instead. The talented countertenor has performed with some of the world’s top musical ensembles — many of which you hear regularly on Sunday Baroque — including The Academy of Ancient Music, Agave Baroque, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists,

In 1993, when she was just 16 years old, American violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama staked her claim as a formidable talent by winning the prestigious Primrose International Viola Competition. The following year, she won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. The Los Angeles-born musician is of Ndebele and Japanese descent, and is also a composer. As

Pianist William Chapman Nyaho earned his degrees from St. Peter’s College, Oxford University, the Eastman School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to performing and teaching, the acclaimed Ghanian-American musician is also Vice President for DEI at Music Teachers National Association. William Chapman Nyaho’s passion is advocating music by composers

Bass player Charles Burrell was born in 1920, and vividly remembers being about 12 years old and being on fire for music. He said in an interview in The Denverite that he would practice three or four hours a day, and that he kept up that pace until he was 20 years old. He took