Our April playlist showers us with jazz, post-punk, glam rock, and K-pop, then some fresh classical favorites and old standbys bring it all home.

The words of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and theoretical physicist Richard Feynman introduce a secular twist to the choral mass format in David Shapiro’s Sumptuous Planet Mass, brought to life by the Philadelphia-based choral ensemble The Crossing.

Later this month, Boston Baroque, led by Martin Pearlman, will present Mozart’s incredible "Don Giovanni" in a fully staged production. In anticipation of the performances, General Manager of GBH Music and author of the novel "Imagining Don Giovanni" Anthony Rudel takes a closer look at the opera’s characters and the men who created them.

As the eclipse approaches, many colleagues from all over the country have been wondering what music might be appropriate for this rare natural occurrence, a time when the sun’s glories are blocked from view.

Davis led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Britain's Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.

Professors and students at the University of South Florida mapped pitch, rhythm and duration to data about algae blooms and depletion of coral reefs to create an original composition.

On WCRB In Concert with Blue Heron, the renowned vocal ensemble continues its multi-year exploration of music by rarely heard 15th-century master Johannes Ockeghem.

On The Bach Hour, David Fray is the pianist in music that grew not only from the composer's invention and craft, but also from his close relationship with his wife.

Music Director Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in a dazzling program of music by Liszt, Wagner, and Anna Clyne, culminating in Scriabin's depiction of human consciousness, "Prometheus, Poem of Fire," with pianist Yefim Bronfman.