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April 14 marks the 250th anniversary of the composer's death. In honor of the occasion, two preeminent Handel musicians explain why the music remains as popular as ever with both performers and audiences.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Sen. Mark Warner, chairman of the intelligence committee, about the latest on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and how the U.S. plans to respond.

Marking the 100th anniversary of the visionary composer's death, hear Debussy play his own music on a 1913 piano roll.

Europe has been battling rising case counts, setting a record last week for new cases reported. Spain and France surpassed the 1 million case mark within hours of each other.

It marks the first public reporting of the committee seeking records from the former first family.

Ecce Cor Meum marks one of McCartney's most audacious projects: a work written in the style of sacred English choral music, a tradition dating back 500 years. On Nov. 14, NPR.org — in collaboration with member station WNYC — webcast the only U.S. performance of Ecce Cor Meum.

The ruling marks a rare win for the Biden administration at the New Orleans-based appellate court, where most of the active judges were nominated by Republican presidents.

In 1966, Mark Weinstein played trombone on Cuban Roots, an obscure but important fusion of Afro-Cuban folkloric music and jazz. Many years, many albums, and one Ph.D. in philosophy later, Weinstein's new album finds him playing the jazz flute.

Mark Padmore and Paul Lewis find the bitterness between Schubert's deceivingly sweet lines.

Way Out Weather marks the completion of Gunn's transformation from a master guitarist into a songwriter with complete trust in his own voice and arrangements.