Listen to Michael Maxwell as he recommends Everything is Now: the 1960s New York Avant-garde-primal Happenings, Underground Movies, and Radical Pop by J. Hoberman.

As the calendar turns to a new season, Listen To This adopts a new guide through the well-worn path of the four seasons: Iowa songwriter Greg Brown leads into art music works by Frank Bridge, Peter Warlock, Ola Gjeilo, Valentin Silvestrov, and Robert Schumann.

Listen to Michael Maxwell as he recommends A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides by Gisèle Pelicot.

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup enthralls fans across the globe, Listen To This examines those bits of classical and Boradway music that have been adopted as anthems and chants by the fans in the bleachers. Between matches enjoy some Verdi, Elgar, Puccini, Rodgers and Hammerstein and more@

Sumptuous music for the month of June, from composers linked by a secret theme. Enjoy terrific work from Barber, Smyth, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Copland, and Higdon on Listen To This.

Listen to Billie Voss as she recommends Buckeye by Patrick Ryan.

Listen to Kelsey Patterson as she recommends Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser.

Listen to Jenn Delperdang as she recommends Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times by Tracy K Smith.

Listen to Leah Downs as she recommends Putting Myself Together by Jamaica Kincaid.

Listen to Michael Maxwell as he recommends Helm by Sarah Hall.

The conclusion to Britten's hard-to-categorize opera Noye's Fludde, blending opera, church music, music education, and more. Vaughan Williams, Tallis, and Purcell also make an appearance in this all-English hour of delightful music.

Benjamin Britten's odd, magical Noye's Fludde - just the first half today. Josh Nannestad introduces the opera written for children to perform alongside professional musicians. A little Brahms and Sullivan round out the hour.