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  • You have a sense of her work life — so now hear flutist Claire Chase and her ICE friends play music by an exciting American composer, Arlene Sierra.
  • Now in his 90s, Wilson has played with and composed for many of the biggest names in jazz. For his latest album, he enlisted the help of his son and grandson, both composers and musicians themselves.
  • Franks is best known for his 1976 smooth jazz hit "Popsicle Toes." This year, Franks released a new album, Time Together, with more songs suited for cooling down on summer days.
  • Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson died a little more than five years ago at the height of her career. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz says that, just when it seemed we weren't going to hear her sing anything new, some fantastic live performances have just been released for the first time.
  • Metropolis includes movie music that can stand on its own. Hear a new version of the classic score.
  • She's already one of the most imaginative saxophone players in jazz today. But Roberts' new album challenges even that reputation: It's a musical patchwork spanning decades of history and memory in the lives of 18th-century Louisiana "free people of color."
  • He counted Mahler, Sibelius and Korngold among his students, but the neglected pedagogue Robert Fuchs was also a composer of considerable merit. With delicate minuets and scurrying scherzos, the serenades of Fuchs are a delightful find.
  • Stacey Kent discusses her French-only album, Raconte-Moi, and the childhood relationship that sparked her love of the language.
  • As part of our video series, WRTI Presents Astral, Cuban-American cellist Thomas Mesa recently visited the WRTI Performance Studio and played three works that use the cello’s unique voice to respond to the pandemic and social turmoil.
  • Hear the veteran oboist make his instrument sing in blissful music by J.S. Bach.
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