Discover Classical

07/31/2025

Robert Wilson, a theatre director and artist who found a fervent art world following, has died at 83.

07/31/2025

Looks like the weather on Saturday is going to be perfect for Art in the City! Jessica Sands of the Downtown Dayton Partnership previews the event on today's ArtsFocus.

https://www.discoverclassical.org/artsfocus.htm

ArtsFocus is supported by The Dayton Art Institute.

07/30/2025

Join me this coming weekend, August 2&3, 2025, for our weekly smorgasbord of guitar delights!
This great music can be heard twice - Saturday at 6 PM EDT (2200 GMT) and again Sunday morning at 9 AM EDT (1300 GMT).
Listen online at Discoverclassical.org and in western Ohio at FM 88.1, 89.9 and 89.1.
Music from the instrument held closest to the heart!

07/29/2025

Hear Instructor Isabelle Rocke (Ford)'s interview on Discover Classical's ArtsFocus about her honors project, "Penelope," a song cycle for voice and piano. Listen today at 7:55am and 4:55pm to Discover Classical, 88.1/89.1/89.9FM or online at discoverclassical.org.

07/28/2025

TOMORROW: Instructor Isabelle Rocke (Ford) will be featured on Discover Classical's ArtsFocus, speaking about her honors project, "Penelope," a song cycle for voice and piano. Listen at 7:55am and 4:55pm to Discover Classical, 88.1/89.1/89.9FM or online at discoverclassical.org.

07/27/2025

“It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.”

- Tom Lehrer

Tom Lehrer, an influential musical satirist who came to fame with songs addressing topical events in the '50s and '60s, has died at age 97.

07/27/2025

July’s Theme and Variations series of programs of American music wraps up with a set of concertos by Samuel Barber, Lou Harrison, Edward MacDowell and Gian Carlo Menotti.

07/26/2025

The New York Philharmonic mourns the passing of Alexander Bernstein — champion of education, lover of music, and son of Leonard Bernstein, the Orchestra’s late Laureate Conductor. As vice president and treasurer of the Leonard Bernstein Office, Alexander was a generous and imaginative partner on countless initiatives, including the film “Maestro” with Bradley Cooper and the 2021 version of “West Side Story.” As president of Artful Learning, Inc., the former educator set the highest standard for inspiring children. The Philharmonic will remember his presence at innumerable concerts — from his childhood spent backstage through this very season — and will cherish his warmth, wisdom, and laughter. We extend heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.

(Pictured L-R): Siblings Nina, Alexander, and Jamie Bernstein at the re-opening of David Geffen Hall in 2022

📸: Chris Lee Photographer

07/26/2025

The Owls Quartet is a unique string ensemble comprised of violin, viola and two cellos. The group recently performed at ArtsLIVE at the University of Dayton, and you can hear that concert Saturday at 10am and Sunday at 8pm on Discover Classical's Live & Local.

https://discoverclassical.org/program.php?p=livelocal

07/25/2025

Learn about Isabelle Ford's song cycle "Penelope" on Discover Classical's ArtsFocus this Tuesday July 29 at 7:55am and 4:55pm.

07/24/2025

Listener-supported Discover Classical is the only radio station in the world that broadcasts performances from Dayton Opera. Listen this Saturday at 1pm for Verdi’s "Aida," presented in April at the Schuster Center. Keitaro Harada 原田慶太楼 conducted the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra in the pit and Dayton Ballet dancers performed alongside the singers on stage. Discover Classical's Opera House is supported by Wagner Subaru.

https://youtu.be/JGKuCTFQM20?si=JJRUD92t0O0Ul9Op

Dayton Performing Arts Alliance

At its heart, Verdi’s majestic opera, Aida, is an intimate story of love—forbidden and unrequited—enmeshed in a struggle for imperial power between Egypt and...