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Performance Today remembers Coretta Scott King with a musical tribute. From the 2005 edition of the annual King Celebration concert, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the glee clubs of Morehouse and Spelman colleges perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing."

In Washington, several aspiring conductors get a chance to learn from a maestro. Leonard Slatkin, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, offers his young charges advice ranging from clothing tips to the physicality of the job. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

In a concert with the Baltimore Symphony, cellist Yo-Yo Ma plays Bruch's arrangement of the "Kol Nidre," a Hebrew melody performed during Yom Kippur services. Yuri Temirkanov conducts.

Conductor Franz Welser-Most hails from the same region in Upper Austria as composer Anton Bruckner, and as a child soaked up his music. Our Cleveland Orchestra week continues with Welser-Most paying tribute to Bruckner, leading the orchestra in the scherzo to Bruckner's massive Symphony No. 7.

Apple has launched a standalone streaming service for classical music exploration, including guided playlists, exclusive content and detailed metadata. But does Apple Music Classical deliver?

This season, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra celebrates the 10th anniversary of its music director, Robert Spano, who has established a reputation as an advocate for new music.

Imagine you're a young composer having a piece premiered by the Boston Symphony — only to have the mood swing to unbearable tragedy. That's what happened to William Jay Sydeman, whose Study No. 2 premiered immediately before the audience learned of the president's death.

National parks will offer free admission on the final weekend of August in honor of the 100th birthday of the National Park Service. Before then, the...

Boston-based radio producer Brian Bell remembers Bernard Haitink, and the meticulous approach to music that defined one of the finest conductors of the past half-century.

A dreamy woman in white painted by James McNeill Whistler is the center of a new show at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.