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The Last Night of the Proms is one of the most joyous events in classical music. There’s a degree of enthusiasm and audience participation that’s hard to top. We’ll hear live recordings from over the years on the same weekend as the 2023 Last Night. Don’t miss it!

This week, a special program of music that’s scary, creepy, and weird, plus iconic music from movies that we’ll never forget. Turn out the lights and listen...we dare you.

Kansas City native Robert Russell Bennett was the most respected arranger/orchestrator of theater music in the golden age of Broadway. In the first of three shows about him, we sample a tiny fraction of the 300 Broadway scores that he worked on over his long and influential career.

We have very marvelous variations based on music by Wolfgang Mozart, Henry Purcell and a familiar childhood tune. What these composers do with simple themes is human creativity at its best.

On one hand it’s one of the most famous pieces of classical music. On the other, when was the last time you heard it in a concert hall? We’ll show some love to this amazing overture that’s really a tone poem with a finale that is second to none.

In the continuing series of “Surprise Symphonies,” we have marvelous works by 20th century American composers Ned Rorem and William Schuman – both of which are titled Symphony No. 3. Rorem and Schuman helped to define the American sound in classical music and we’ll hear their genius on full display.

The world lost a great musician and great advocate for music in the passing of André Watts. We’ll hear recordings from different stages of his distinguished career in works long associated with him.

Host Frank Byrne introduces the first program of a monthly series called "Gems of the Repertoire," which features wonderful music that, however entertaining and enjoyable, is absent from today's concert halls. This episode includes recordings by Donizetti, Nielsen, Saint-Saens, and Reznicek.

In this episode, Carlo Maria Giulini becomes Principal Guest Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a glorious period for both conductor and orchestra. We will hear a marvelous recording of his that was never even supposed to happen.

Conductor Carlo Maria Giulini becomes Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and together they make a series of remarkable recordings. Enjoy Giulini's captivating recordings of Chopin and Schumann.