Brian Laird on WNYC, and we continue now with our Pledge Drive series on great art and culture coming up this summer.

It's our summer arts and culture preview series to end the show every day during the drive.

Another way we try to have a little fun if we're having to do this membership drive.

And today's focus is classical music and opera.

And we're joined by none other than Ed Yim, chief content officer and senior vice president at our sister station, WQXR, home to amazing classical

music programming 24-7365. Hey Ed, welcome to the show. Hey, Brian, good to be here.

So it's getting a little warmer outside. Today's supposed to be a really nice day, and WQXR

broadcasts free summer classical concerts, I know, from the Nomeberg Banshell and Central Park.

What can we look forward to there this year?

Nomburg is such a great series, and we are so happy to partner with them every summer.

And one of the things that I wanted to highlight, just because the piece is so perfect for Out of Doors, is the Knights are playing the Beethoven Posterol Symphony this season this summer, along with music by Mozart and Louise Farrank, who's one of our favorite composers on WQXR.

So I think that's going to be lovely.

But there's nothing like strolling along, you know,

strolling along the park on a summer evening as the light is just fading and then hearing like

this orchestra, you know, beckoning you to the Nomburg concert shell. It's really great.

Neat. And the New York Phil in Central Park is one I know folks look forward to.

Their park series with a concert in every borough, complete with fireworks.

That's coming back this year after a hiatus.

Am I right about that?

I think they played last summer.

They did have to take a hiatus, obviously, because of COVID and all of those things.

But now they are back full force.

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