Classical Score

Program Director Jim Allison speaks about our celebrations of Rachmaninoff's 150th birthday in the month of April on WETA Classical and WETA VivaLaVoce.

Hear cellist Amit Peled speak about completing his cycle of the six suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Evan Keely speaks with double bass virtuoso Joshua Thrush, a 16-year-old student from Vienna, VA, featured in this week's episode of From the Top celebrating musicians with disabilities.

Front Row Washington features an homage to the painter James McNeill Whistler's "Woman in White", we kick off our Rachmaninoff 150 celebrations, and more on WETA Classical this week.

Star tenor Lawrence Brownlee returns to the Kennedy Center with his project, Rising, showcasing six leading African-American composers and their settings of poetry from the Harlem Renaissance.

This Sunday, Choral Showcase pays tribute to Rachmaninoff's 150th birthday on April 1 with two of his lesser-known vocal works, both very much worth getting to know.

Our special programs celebrate Women's History Month, and the birthdays of Bach and Rachmaninoff.

James Jacobs speaks with Cathedral Choral Society's Music Director, Steven Fox, about the upcoming program celebrating Rachmaninoff at 150 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.

Bach CantataFest on WETA VivaLaVoce continues, Front Row Washington celebrates chamber music by women composers, and more on our special programs this week!

Nicole Lacroix speaks with Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director of WNO, about the DC premiere of Blue, telling the story of a family and community's struggle when a police officer kills a teenager.

On this week on WETA Classical, Classical Breakdown highlights six works by six living women composers, we hear a live broadcast of La Traviata, and more.

Nicole Lacroix speaks with pianist Sarah Cahill about her upcoming program of works by women composers at the National Gallery of Art, celebrating International Women’s Day.