Classical Music

On today's Sound Perimeter, Listening for Rain, host Lia Uribe found herself drawn to something simple and familiar: rain.

Today on Sound Perimeter, we are thinking about butterflies, those fleeting flashes of color that feel more like memories than things you can hold.

Today's Sound Perimeter features excerpts from "Nightscape" and "No-Man’s-Land Lullaby", both written by Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga, works that linger at the edge of place and memory, where atmosphere gives way to deeper histories carried quietly in sound.

Guest conductor Tamara Dworetz and SoNA Executive Director Ben Harris preview Saturday's "Behind the Mask: Romeo and Juliet" season finale at Walton Arts Center, including a surprising kazoo moment.

Pianist Gabriela Montero and salsa legend Willie Colón share a stage on Sound Perimeter — two artists from different worlds united by presence, improvisation, and music as a vehicle for truth.

Today's Sound Perimeter explores musical transformation through Philip Glass's "Metamorphosis I" and Terri Lyne Carrington's "Unconditional Love," featuring performances that shift gradually.

The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas continues its season Saturday at Walton Arts Center as guest conductor Akiko Fujimoto leads a Silk Road-themed program featuring Mozart, Borodin, Ravel and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Today's Sound Perimeter features two pieces of music, one by French composer Gabriel Fauré, and the other by American composer Meredith Monk.

Today's Sound Perimeter features Metacosmos by Anna Thorvaldsdóttir, a contemporary piece inspired by the idea of crossing into unfamiliar territory, taking listeners inside a universe where forces are felt more than explained.

Today's Sound Perimeter listens to two different versions of “Motherless Child”, one by Jubilant Sykes, and the other by Cécile McLorin Salvant. Each rendition holds the same spiritual at its center, yet each opens a distinct emotional world.