Grammy-award-winning violinist and new mom, Nicola Benedetti is back to work following the birth of her first child in 2024. Her new album, “Violin Café,”

Dr. Samantha Ege’s new record with the BBC Philharmonic and conductor John Andrews is an album of Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s orchestral music.

The Lithuanian word for “Sea” is “Jūra.” The nautical term reflects the country’s maritime culture and long coastline along the Baltic Sea. Lithuanian Composer/Painter/Poet Mikolajus Ciurlionis drew inspiration from the Sea when creating his second symphonic poem in 1903. Lithuanian-born conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Čiurlionis on her new album Back to Nature, which combines music, nature and mythology in her unique fascinating artistic vision. Listen Wednesday at 12:00 to hear “JURA (The SEA)” New at Noon on 90.9 WGUC.

DONNA VOCE, a series of recordings focused on female composers from the last three centuries, has become Anna Shelest’s ongoing musical project.

El Sistema is the largest social and musical organization in the world, founded in Venezuela 50 years ago. To celebrate the anniversary the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela and their Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel released a new CD called, “Odyssey,” described as a sonic journey through Latin America.

Guitar arrangements of video game music NEW at NOON this week!

Kharkiv-born composer Sergei Bortkiewicz, lived through the turmoil and horrors of the early 20th century: the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the Second World War. HIS elegant, dreamy music is—a stark contrast to the chaos that surrounded his life and career.

“This is a story about our family and the sources of our music,” writes pianist/violinist/author Konya Kanneh-Mason.

Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel AX and Leonidas Kavakos Present Beethoven for Three!

As the principal English horn of the Metropolitan Orchestra in New York City, multi-instrumentalist Pedro Diaz stands distinguished as one of the pre-eminent contemporary English horn performers.