On Demand
WNYC's Coverage of the Republican National Convention
Live performances in Soundcheck's studios
Studio 360: How Animals Communicate with Each Other
Selected Shorts featuring "The Trouble of Marcie Flint," by John Cheever
Radio Rookies: Brooklyn Broadcast Workshop
On the Media: Challenging Convention
Street Shots Challenge
Evening Music
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New Year's Eve Specials
Join us as we ring in 2008 with special programming, including our music staff picks for best recordings of the year, A Paul Winter Solstice Concert with host John Schaefer, and Garrison Keillor's New Year's Eve Special.
Best Recordings of 2007
Airs at 7PM on 93.9FM
What was the best recording of the year? That was the question we posed to our music staff — and tonight we hear the results, from Armchair Apocrypha to Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.
A Paul Winter Solstice Celebration
Airs at 8PM on 93.9FM
John Schaefer hosts this annual Winter Solstice Concert, featuring Award-winning saxophonist and composer Paul Winter in a musical, theatrical and environmental spectacle celebrating the return of the sun after the longest night of the year.
Garrison Keillor's New Year's Eve Special
Airs at 10PM on 93.9FM
A Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor celebrates New Year's Eve from Nashville, Tennesee's historic Ryman Auditorium, home of the Grand Ole Opry.
The Mostly Mozart Festival on WNYC
Listen on Demand
This year's annual Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center is rife with sounds stretching the spectrum of Requiems, Metamorphoses, and Passions — including the American premiere of composer-in-residence Kaija Saariaho's tale of the sufferings of French mystic Simone Weil, who died of starvation in protest to the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1943.
Deerhoof/Metropolis Ensemble Live Webcast
Evening Music
WNYC and NPR Music team up to bring you this live webcast from the Prospect Park Bandshell, which pairs indie rock sensation Deerhoof with the progressive Metropolis Ensemble. Presented by Celebrate Brooklyn! and Wordless Music, and hosted by David Garland, the program features an ambitious re-imagining of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, The Rite: Remixed.
Related Links:
Video: Deerhoof fans perform leaked track for WNYC
View photos from the concert
Deerhoof on Spinning on Air (March 18, 2007)
NPR Music
Metropolis Ensemble
Deerhoof
Celebrate Brooklyn!
Wordless Music
Listen on Demand to more Wordless Music Concerts
Wordless Music
Concerts on Demand
WNYC presents web-exclusive concerts from the Wordless Music Series, hosted by Radio Lab's Jad Abumrad. Devoted to the desegregation of musical boundaries, Wordless Music pairs rock and electronic musicians with more traditional chamber and new music performers, to create an entirely new concert experience.
2008 American Music Festival
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Hosts Terrance McKnight and David Garland curate the 68th annual American Music Festival, featuring "America's Classical Music." Guests include LD Brown a.k.a. Grey Reverend; acclaimed jazz pianist Jason Moran; composer and musicologist Gunther Schuller; culture critic John Rockwell; new music guru John Zorn, and Pulitzer prize-winning composer William Bolcom.
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention (08/25/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from Denver (08/29/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 4 (08/28/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 3 (08/27/2008)
- The Brian Lehrer Show: Live from the Democratic National Convention: Day 2 (08/26/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: 1-2-3 (08/26/2008)
- The Leonard Lopate Show: Layered Look (08/27/2008)