Sapir Rosenblatt appears in the following:
14. Robert Macfarlane on A Quiet Kind Of Miracle
Monday, September 23, 2019
Writer Robert Macfarlane reflects on the transporting fragility and beauty of Frédéric Chopin's Berceuse heard in a time of war.
13. Nicola Benedetti on Empathy
Sunday, September 22, 2019
Violinist Nicola Benedetti reveals what hearing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto as a child taught her about listening, empathy and vulnerability.
12. Lee Hill on Finding Your Truth
Saturday, September 21, 2019
WNYC's Lee Hill recalls how "Little's Theme" from Nicholas Britell's score to Moonlight resonates with his own life experience as a queer black man and helps him stand in his own truth.
The Three B's 2.0
Friday, September 20, 2019
Her/Music: Her/Story continues tonight with "The Three B's 2.0," focusing on the music and lives of the Boulangers, Gena Branscombe, and Amy Beach.
11. Sam Mendes on American Beauty
Friday, September 20, 2019
Director Sam Mendes explains how Carl Orff’s Gassenhauer helped him establish the soundworld and aesthetic for his Oscar-winning debut feature film, American Beauty.
10. Rachel Strauss-Muñiz on Happiness
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Comedienne Rachel Strauss-Muñiz discusses how the greatest music connects across cultures to transcend everything, and how she finds happiness in Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 1.
9. Jon Batiste on Challenging Expectations
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Bandleader Jon Batiste talks about how Mickey Mouse sold him on The Rite of Spring and gives a scintillating insight into Stravinsky’s mind.
8. Jamie Barton on Catharsis
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Queer opera singer Jamie Barton talks about how Chopin's Nocturne No. 21 helped her to find her identity in a world in which she did not fit in.
7. Eric Jacobsen on Vulnerability
Monday, September 16, 2019
Conductor Eric Jacobsen recalls losing his beloved mother at the age of 11 and how her favourite piece, Franz Schubert’s Piano Trio No. 1 inspired him to become a musician.
6. Ian McEwan on What Cannot Quite Be Said
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Novelist Ian McEwan remembers how Bach's Concerto for Two Violins helped him first to navigate selfhood as a teenager, and, later in life, the sorrow of losing his best friend.
5. Aminatou Sow on Finding Joy
Saturday, September 14, 2019
Podcaster Aminatou Sow talks about how the cheerful defiance of Florence Price’s Juba Dance helped her through a life-changing moment.
The Extraordinary Life of Clara Schumann
Friday, September 13, 2019
Tonight at 9 kicks off the first of a new four-part series, Her/Music: Her/Story, focusing on the under-looked work of composers who happen to be women, starting with Clara Schumann.
4. Miloš Karadaglić on Being Home
Friday, September 13, 2019
Guitarist Miloš Karadaglić explores themes of war, identity and home, as expressed in Francisco Tarrega's Lagrima.
3. Connie Viglietti on Making Grandma Proud
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Yoga teacher Connie Viglietti shares memories of Schubert's Ave Maria and how it connects to the memory of her beloved grandma Ginger.
Elliott Forrest with Wynton Marsalis and Nicola Benedetti
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Listen to when composer/trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and violinist Nicola Benedetti dropped by our studio to talk with WQXR's own Elliott Forrest!
Cyrille Aimée: Between NOLA and Sondheim
Friday, May 17, 2019
Everything Cyrille Aimée managed to do in 2019 so far.
Sarasota Young Voices & Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
This week on the Young Artists Showcase we venture from Sarasota to Boston.
Melissa Errico’s Sondheim Sublime
Friday, March 29, 2019
Melissa Errico recently joined Paul Calvalconte to talk about her new album, Sondheim Sublime. Hear her thrill about receiving an email from Stephen Sondheim.
Watch: Kids React to Women Composers
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
What would happen if we played a set of classical pieces composed entirely by women to a group of children? That was the question WQXR set out to answer this Women's History Month.
Dreamy Music in the Shadow of An Old Power Plant
Monday, February 25, 2019
Musician Shara Nova's voice compliments the aesthetics of an old Yonkers power plant in this project by Mason Jar Music.
