LindaClassical
@lindaclassical.bsky.social
Host, WETA Classical in Washington, DC
Birthday today of Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770), innovator, pioneer, fierce, forging his own path, triumph over deafness. His music featured each hour this morning on WETA Classical.
December 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Birthday today of Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770), innovator, pioneer, fierce, forging his own path, triumph over deafness. His music featured each hour this morning on WETA Classical.
Downright cold this AM in Washington, DC. But it's International Tea Day! Legend says tea was first discovered over 4,000 years ago in China when tree leaves blew into a pot of boiling water over a fire. The rest is history. Baroque Classical Sunrise 7:23am @WETAClassical🌤️
December 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Downright cold this AM in Washington, DC. But it's International Tea Day! Legend says tea was first discovered over 4,000 years ago in China when tree leaves blew into a pot of boiling water over a fire. The rest is history. Baroque Classical Sunrise 7:23am @WETAClassical🌤️
The elegant waltz from Tchaikovsky's great opera, Eugene Onegin, welcomes the sun for Classical Sunrise this morning 7:16am @WETAClassical. Other highlights: a symphonic poem by Liszt at 7:54am, Mozart flute quartet 8:02am and Schumann's Cello Concerto 9:19am. Enjoy!
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The elegant waltz from Tchaikovsky's great opera, Eugene Onegin, welcomes the sun for Classical Sunrise this morning 7:16am @WETAClassical. Other highlights: a symphonic poem by Liszt at 7:54am, Mozart flute quartet 8:02am and Schumann's Cello Concerto 9:19am. Enjoy!
Highlights this morning on WETA Classical include the graceful 3rd movement of Dvorak's Symphony #8 for Classical Sunrise at 7:10am; Emanuel Ax plays Chopin's dramatic 2nd Scherzo at 8:01am; and woodwinds on display all morning. Stay warm and join us.
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Highlights this morning on WETA Classical include the graceful 3rd movement of Dvorak's Symphony #8 for Classical Sunrise at 7:10am; Emanuel Ax plays Chopin's dramatic 2nd Scherzo at 8:01am; and woodwinds on display all morning. Stay warm and join us.
WETA Classical's annual Classical Countdown starts this morning, counting down the top 100 Classical music pieces as selected by listeners. Sporadic countdowns through Wednesday and all day Thanksgiving, with the #1 piece Thanksgiving night -it's not always Beethoven's 9th!
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
WETA Classical's annual Classical Countdown starts this morning, counting down the top 100 Classical music pieces as selected by listeners. Sporadic countdowns through Wednesday and all day Thanksgiving, with the #1 piece Thanksgiving night -it's not always Beethoven's 9th!
Cellist Amid Peled provides Classical Sunrise this morning 6:58am @WETAClassical with Baroque music of Couperin. Also on the bill: Telemann's Baroque flute quartet at 7:58am and chamber music of Mendelssohn and Dvorak during 8am hour. Thanks for starting your day with us. 🙏
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Cellist Amid Peled provides Classical Sunrise this morning 6:58am @WETAClassical with Baroque music of Couperin. Also on the bill: Telemann's Baroque flute quartet at 7:58am and chamber music of Mendelssohn and Dvorak during 8am hour. Thanks for starting your day with us. 🙏
It's Apple Cider Day, a nice accompaniment to music
@WETAClassical this morning, including Classical Sunrise at 6:54am, a harp concerto by Handel 7:14am, Rimsky-Korsakov's ode to Spain 7:22am, Mozart flute concerto 8:18am and JS Bach mandolin concerto 8:46am. Enjoy!
@WETAClassical this morning, including Classical Sunrise at 6:54am, a harp concerto by Handel 7:14am, Rimsky-Korsakov's ode to Spain 7:22am, Mozart flute concerto 8:18am and JS Bach mandolin concerto 8:46am. Enjoy!
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It's Apple Cider Day, a nice accompaniment to music
@WETAClassical this morning, including Classical Sunrise at 6:54am, a harp concerto by Handel 7:14am, Rimsky-Korsakov's ode to Spain 7:22am, Mozart flute concerto 8:18am and JS Bach mandolin concerto 8:46am. Enjoy!
@WETAClassical this morning, including Classical Sunrise at 6:54am, a harp concerto by Handel 7:14am, Rimsky-Korsakov's ode to Spain 7:22am, Mozart flute concerto 8:18am and JS Bach mandolin concerto 8:46am. Enjoy!
A fine list of musician birthdays today (Nov 14): Leopold Mozart (1719), Johann Nepomuk Humel (1778) and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805). And Aaron Copland (1900), whose Buckaroo Holiday we'll hear 9:48am @WETAClassical. Bring coffee and join us.
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A fine list of musician birthdays today (Nov 14): Leopold Mozart (1719), Johann Nepomuk Humel (1778) and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805). And Aaron Copland (1900), whose Buckaroo Holiday we'll hear 9:48am @WETAClassical. Bring coffee and join us.
Highlights this Veteran's Day @WETAClassical include Chopin for Classical Sunrise 6:47am, a charming violin concerto by Haydn 7:00am and an 18th century viola concerto 7:36am, plus Scriabin's late-Romantic piano concerto 9:17am (contemporary of Rachmaninoff). And you, I hope.
November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Highlights this Veteran's Day @WETAClassical include Chopin for Classical Sunrise 6:47am, a charming violin concerto by Haydn 7:00am and an 18th century viola concerto 7:36am, plus Scriabin's late-Romantic piano concerto 9:17am (contemporary of Rachmaninoff). And you, I hope.
A large, bright, low moon in DC skies this morning, not yet the full supermoon scheduled for Tuesday-Wednesday, but beautiful! Then the sun rises 6:38am with a cello sonata for Classical Sunrise on WETA Classical. Plus Scriabin and Bruch during 8:00am hour. Enjoy with us.
November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A large, bright, low moon in DC skies this morning, not yet the full supermoon scheduled for Tuesday-Wednesday, but beautiful! Then the sun rises 6:38am with a cello sonata for Classical Sunrise on WETA Classical. Plus Scriabin and Bruch during 8:00am hour. Enjoy with us.
Spotlight on piano this morning @WETAClassical! Litolff's delightful confection, Concerto symphonique, at 7:47am; Brahms 1st Piano Concerto at 8:20am; Beethoven Piano Sonata #28 at 8:49am and Liszt's 2nd Piano Concerto at 9:18am. Plus Tchaikovsky does Classical Sunrise 7:31am!
October 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Spotlight on piano this morning @WETAClassical! Litolff's delightful confection, Concerto symphonique, at 7:47am; Brahms 1st Piano Concerto at 8:20am; Beethoven Piano Sonata #28 at 8:49am and Liszt's 2nd Piano Concerto at 9:18am. Plus Tchaikovsky does Classical Sunrise 7:31am!
National Chocolate Day today! The history of chocolate dates to when cacao tree was domesticated in Mexico, more than 5,000 years ago. Enjoy it with delicious Classical music this morning on WETA Classical, including a piano caprice for Classical Sunrise 7:31am.
October 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
National Chocolate Day today! The history of chocolate dates to when cacao tree was domesticated in Mexico, more than 5,000 years ago. Enjoy it with delicious Classical music this morning on WETA Classical, including a piano caprice for Classical Sunrise 7:31am.
Baroque instruments on tap this morning @WETAClassical! Classical Sunrise greets the sun at 7:24AM with viola da gamba, violone (like a double bass) and 2 oboes. Plus, Baroque solo lute at 8:43am and solo guitar at 8:57am. Bring a beverage and join us.
October 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Baroque instruments on tap this morning @WETAClassical! Classical Sunrise greets the sun at 7:24AM with viola da gamba, violone (like a double bass) and 2 oboes. Plus, Baroque solo lute at 8:43am and solo guitar at 8:57am. Bring a beverage and join us.
A clarinet trio welcomes this morning's (Oct. 15) sun for Classical Sunrise at 7:17am @WETAClassical. Plus, the opening movement of Beethoven's masterful Kreutzer violin sonata at 8:01am and Chausson's piece for piano, violin & string quartet at 8:28am. You're always invited.
October 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A clarinet trio welcomes this morning's (Oct. 15) sun for Classical Sunrise at 7:17am @WETAClassical. Plus, the opening movement of Beethoven's masterful Kreutzer violin sonata at 8:01am and Chausson's piece for piano, violin & string quartet at 8:28am. You're always invited.
Giuseppe Verdi incorporated ballet segments within his great opera, Otello, for the Paris stage, featured today 7:54am @WETAClassical in honor of his birthday (b. 1813, Italy). And a birthday nod to pianist Evgeny Kissen (b. 1971, Moscow) -- he plays Schubert at 8:39am.
October 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Giuseppe Verdi incorporated ballet segments within his great opera, Otello, for the Paris stage, featured today 7:54am @WETAClassical in honor of his birthday (b. 1813, Italy). And a birthday nod to pianist Evgeny Kissen (b. 1971, Moscow) -- he plays Schubert at 8:39am.
Happy birthday to Camille Saint-Saëns (b. 1835, Paris), brilliant pianist, organist, composer, avid traveler, student of astronomy and archaeology. Hear his Third Piano Concerto 9:18am today @WETAClassical.
October 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Happy birthday to Camille Saint-Saëns (b. 1835, Paris), brilliant pianist, organist, composer, avid traveler, student of astronomy and archaeology. Hear his Third Piano Concerto 9:18am today @WETAClassical.
Highlights this morning @WETAClassical include a violin & piano concerto of Mozart at 6:50am, incomplete at his death but reconstructed in the 20th century; Classical Sunrise spotlighting horns at 7:11am; and Chopin's variations on a Polish song, for piano & orchestra, 8:16am. 🎵
October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Highlights this morning @WETAClassical include a violin & piano concerto of Mozart at 6:50am, incomplete at his death but reconstructed in the 20th century; Classical Sunrise spotlighting horns at 7:11am; and Chopin's variations on a Polish song, for piano & orchestra, 8:16am. 🎵
It's interesting to see and hear the progress of Johannes Brahms during his career. Today's Classical Sunrise 7:09am @WETAClassical is the graceful 3rd movement of his Symphony #2, composed when he looked like this, before he cultivated his famous beard and avuncular style.
October 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It's interesting to see and hear the progress of Johannes Brahms during his career. Today's Classical Sunrise 7:09am @WETAClassical is the graceful 3rd movement of his Symphony #2, composed when he looked like this, before he cultivated his famous beard and avuncular style.
I second John Banther's post below -- thank you to all who contributed to WETA Classical's Fall Pledge Drive to keep us strong and always available. 🙏
I’m getting better at least posting something that happened day of 🎶🎶
Thank you to everyone who listened and donated today during our fall pledge drive, your support means everything 💜 to us at WETA Classical
It was fun spending a few hours on air listening to music 🙂
Thank you to everyone who listened and donated today during our fall pledge drive, your support means everything 💜 to us at WETA Classical
It was fun spending a few hours on air listening to music 🙂
October 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I second John Banther's post below -- thank you to all who contributed to WETA Classical's Fall Pledge Drive to keep us strong and always available. 🙏
Three reasons to celebrate today: 1st Day of October, International Coffee Day and International Music Day. And WETA Classical greets the sun with Classical Sunrise at 7:04am. Four reasons.
October 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Three reasons to celebrate today: 1st Day of October, International Coffee Day and International Music Day. And WETA Classical greets the sun with Classical Sunrise at 7:04am. Four reasons.
National Coffee Day today! The history of coffee is traced to 15th century Yemen, and thanks to the Boston Tea Party in 1773 and Britain's tax on tea to the colonies, Americans might have not traded tea for coffee. It's also National Biscotti Day . . . Join us at WETAClassical.
September 29, 2025 at 9:49 AM
National Coffee Day today! The history of coffee is traced to 15th century Yemen, and thanks to the Boston Tea Party in 1773 and Britain's tax on tea to the colonies, Americans might have not traded tea for coffee. It's also National Biscotti Day . . . Join us at WETAClassical.
Significant musician birthdays today (Sept 25): composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (b. 1683), composer Dmitri Shostakovich (b. 1906), conductor Sir Colin Davis (b. 1927) and pianist Glenn Gould (b. 1932).
September 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Significant musician birthdays today (Sept 25): composer Jean-Philippe Rameau (b. 1683), composer Dmitri Shostakovich (b. 1906), conductor Sir Colin Davis (b. 1927) and pianist Glenn Gould (b. 1932).
Chamber music showpieces this morning @WETAClassical! Beethoven flute duo 6:44am, Brahms piano quartet 7:16am, Gatti's serenade for oboe, bassoon, two horns and string quintet 7:54am, Mendelssohn Piano Trio 8:43am and von Dohnanyi's Piano Quintet (liked by Brahms) 9:24am. You're invited.
September 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Chamber music showpieces this morning @WETAClassical! Beethoven flute duo 6:44am, Brahms piano quartet 7:16am, Gatti's serenade for oboe, bassoon, two horns and string quintet 7:54am, Mendelssohn Piano Trio 8:43am and von Dohnanyi's Piano Quintet (liked by Brahms) 9:24am. You're invited.
Classical Sunrise on WETA Classical greets the sun with a Baroque oboe/harpsichord/cello combo at 6:49am. Plus, George Gershwin's 1932 Cuban Overture at 7:16am, Rachmaninoff himself playing his own transcription of a Bach violin partita at 8:17am, and a Brahms piano rhapsody at 9:53am.
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Classical Sunrise on WETA Classical greets the sun with a Baroque oboe/harpsichord/cello combo at 6:49am. Plus, George Gershwin's 1932 Cuban Overture at 7:16am, Rachmaninoff himself playing his own transcription of a Bach violin partita at 8:17am, and a Brahms piano rhapsody at 9:53am.
Musician birthdays of note today (Sept. 16) from opposite spectrums: 12th century German Benedictine nun and composer Hildegard von Bingen (b. 1098) and Nadia Boulanger, acclaimed French composer and teacher of major 20th century composers (b. 1887).
September 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Musician birthdays of note today (Sept. 16) from opposite spectrums: 12th century German Benedictine nun and composer Hildegard von Bingen (b. 1098) and Nadia Boulanger, acclaimed French composer and teacher of major 20th century composers (b. 1887).