Classical Music Is For Everyone

by George Leef

The great composers knew how to build with sound, from the simplest tunes to works fit for cathedrals. Tune in and I think you’ll see what I mean. Continue Reading »

18 Aug 2023

The Church Needs Beauty

by Maggie Gallagher

Frank La Rocca's Mass of the Americas is breaking records in the music world, which jointly manifests the importance of beautiful liturgies.  Continue Reading »

14 Oct 2022

Soli Deo Gloria

by Robert P. Imbelli

Though I would not dare deviate from Bach’s Passions for Good Friday music listening, I cannot think of a more appropriate recording than Honeck’s “Larghetto for Orchestra” for Holy Saturday. Continue Reading »

11 Apr 2022

Praying with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis

by Robert P. Imbelli

In the Missa Solemnis, Beethoven’s titanic subjectivity seems chastened by suffering and transformed by his engagement with the graced objectivity of liturgical text and tradition. Continue Reading »

22 Mar 2022

Remembering Orchestra Hall

by Timothy Jacobson

Going to a concert, like going to church or a nice restaurant or traveling on a plane or an overnight train, once meant dressing up and looking your best. We had been taught that dressing up showed respect—and classical music evoked special respect. This had little to do with how much one . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Mar 2022

The Joys of the Harpsichord

by John Ahern

The piano is the instrument of expressive individualism; the harpsichord is the instrument of a vibrant, discursive life of the mind. Continue Reading »

22 Nov 2021

The Case for Classical Music

by Mark Bauerlein

Daniel Asia joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Observations on Music, Culture, and Politics. Continue Reading »

25 Oct 2021