One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Listen 0:00 Imagine it's the year 1789 ...

Bastille Day is a BIG occasion in France – it commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison, contributing to the start of the French Revolution. The dramatic historic event affected musicians, too, ...

Music for Bastille Day To mark this Bastille Day, we hear music by the French composer Francois-Joseph Gossec, his Symphony, Op. 12, No. 6. The London Mozart Players perform the closing movement, with ...

Imagine it's the year 1789 and you are waking up in Paris. You might hear an angry mob outside your window, about to storm the Bastille prison. Tonight, however, the mobs in Paris will be happy — ...

This Sunday, July 14th is Bastille Day in France. It’s France’s commemoration of the start of the Revolution. Sunday Baroque will mark the occasion with music by French musicians from the Baroque era, ...