Music

 Discover the life and music of jazz luminary Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history.

This film takes a look at the life of GRAMMY Award winner Irma Thomas, whose career spans an amazing half-century.

Join WXXI Classical, WRUR-FM 88.5, and WITH-FM 90.1 for this nationwide celebration that recognizes public radio’s essential community service and its unique role in music discovery.

Set in turn of the century New York, this opera tells the story of Esther (played by Kearstin Piper Brown), a lonely, single African-American woman who makes her living sewing corsets and ladies’ undergarments.

Enjoy the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual summer night concert with cellist Gautier Capuçon under the direction of guest conductor Andris Nelsons at Austria’s Schönbrunn Palace.

Explore how music helped sustain the most important movement of the 20th century and was in turn inspired by the struggle for equality and human rights.