Our First Classical Loves
WDAV staff members and listeners share their first classical loves →
I don’t love Beethoven
Lawrence Toppman kicks off series to celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birth anniversary →
Audio: A Closer Look at the 2020 Oscar Nominations for Best Score
Scholar Neil Lerner shares his thoughts about the nominated scores. →
2020 Grammy Awards: 5 Classical Moments We Loved
Highlights from this year’s award ceremony. →
Five Things I Learned from My Year with Mozart
Thoughts on spending a year with the prolific composer →
Lorenzo Da Ponte: Mozart’s other half
By Lawrence Toppman According to legend, the wife of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II heard a guy at a →
Genius: Neither brains nor sweat
By Lawrence Toppman You know the quotation attributed to Thomas Edison, right? “Genius is 1 percent inspiration and →
Mozart and Masons
By Lawrence Toppman You cannot fully appreciate Mozart without knowing something about his connection to Freemasonry. He entered →